I'm interested in pressure, I'm interested in duress. All the great works of art, or film or literature, in my opinion, have elements of those in them. Cillian Murphy More Quotes by Cillian Murphy More Quotes From Cillian Murphy I don't know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again. Cillian Murphy planesifsknows My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself. Cillian Murphy challengestryingtwo I personally think if something's not a challenge there's no point doing it because you're not gonna learn much. Cillian Murphy no-pointchallengesthinking I suppose I tend to like slightly darker things - people have levelled that on me before and I accept that because in my opinion, if I mention the best movies or the best books, there's always something that's involving slightly darker element of out psyche. I like seeing people under pressure. I like seeing what happens to people when they're under pressure. Cillian Murphy elementsbookpeople I like being at home with my music and my books. I’ve done all the partying, I’ve done enough partying for four or five people as a young fella. But now I like the quiet life. Cillian Murphy partyhomebook I'm terrible. I'm the wrong person to talk to, I really don't know a thing. Cillian Murphy wrong-personterriblepersons I take my hat off to the ladies. The amount of grooming-plucking and shaving and all the other things men never have to do. I went down and spent time with transvestites in London in the clubs and all that. Got an insight to that world, and it's a mad world, but they are very warm and very open people. It was a great experience. Cillian Murphy madmenpeople Sociopath is a word that has sort of become shorthand for psychopath and there's a distinct difference, it's interesting if you look it up. Sociopath if you look at the medical definition, the profile of a sociopath is that they are supremely intelligent people that are also pathological liars, they have no moral structure and there is one more, they have no compassion or empathy for other people. Cillian Murphy intelligentcompassionliars I will always love film, the romance of film, sitting in the darkened room with strangers and watching a story for two hours - that will always remain and never be eroded by television. Cillian Murphy romancesittingtwo You know, I'm a skinny Irish guy. Cillian Murphy skinnyguyknows I try not to think retrospectively. It's important, as an artist, to look forward, always. I do try to take work that involves some challenge. If you approach a piece of work and you're going, "Yeah, yeah, I can do that," then that's kind of a red flag. Cillian Murphy red-flagsartistthinking You're an actor who's Irish, not an Irish actor. And you shouldn't be limited by your extraction. Cillian Murphy extractionactors I hope that I have gained some wisdom, but I don't know. I have kids, and that certainly puts things into perspective. I think I'm a more patient person. I hope I'm a more patient person. I'm a little more relaxed about the peripheral side of this business, which I used to find very confusing and alarming. Cillian Murphy patient-personkidsthinking You need to be as clean of a slate as you can be, as an actor. You have to try to be open to every experience. Cillian Murphy actorstryingneeds I'd probably have been wealthier if I had stayed with law, but pretty miserable doing it. Cillian Murphy has-beensmiserablelaw We were able to shoot in a lot of the locations where the mission actually happened and these guys existed, so that was kind of very affecting. We had a Czech crew and a lot of Czech actors. There's a great deal of authenticity to the project [Anthropoid], and Sean [Ellis] was very anxious that that was the case from the beginning. Cillian Murphy locationableguy For me it's always been about the stories, not what medium. The medium is secondary to the stories. Cillian Murphy mediumsstories Every Irish person of my generation and earlier, we were raised Catholic and we'd have to learn it in school, we'd to learn the catechism by rote. Cillian Murphy generationscatholicschool I was obsessed with Batman as a kid. I did the film in part just to be near the Batmobile. But I also think [director] Christopher Nolan made a very fine, intelligent film. Cillian Murphy intelligentkidsthinking And once you're unafraid with death, I think your capacity for violence is immediately increased. Once you're unafraid of death, you are a very, very dangerous adversary Cillian Murphy violencecapacitythinking
