With some films you can sort of slide in, get a haircut and you'r... by Cillian Murphy

With some films you can sort of slide in, get a haircut and you're in.

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I've always felt kind of safe on stage, protected. I've talked to other performers about this and they feel the same things, particularly in the live arena. I never get nervous going on stage to do a play. Doing film or television I'll have more butterflies.

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For me, drama is conflict. by Cillian Murphy

For me, drama is conflict.

conflict drama

I feel very lucky to be making good work still. The confidence of youth, or that sort of competitiveness you get when you're 22 or 23, the impatience - that's probably been tempered. Hopefully I'm slightly better company.

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The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to... by Cillian Murphy

The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it.

roles fighting want

I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I wo... by Cillian Murphy

I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.

burning passion america

I’ve never done a film for the money by Cillian Murphy

I’ve never done a film for the money

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That's what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that's what w... by Cillian Murphy

That's what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that's what we do.

wigs voice acting

Two weeks ago we couldn't pronounce your name, but you were in the lead in a film that made millions, so we're sending you all these scripts.

hollywood names two

I'm kind of loath to pick one project over another or whatever. You go into every film sort of thinking it'll be your best work, and that's necessary. I think in this business, you really have to be forward-looking the whole time. I think nostalgia is sort of the death knell for any artist.

nostalgia artist thinking

I really feel actors should try and do as much diverse work as possible to try and keep it interesting.

diverse trying interesting

I'm definitely a frustrated musician, though it's more in terms of wishing I was a better guitar player and songwriter. But I've never regretted becoming an actor instead. I think it's been a more pure form of self-expression for me. I luckily found something that I could aspire to be good at, whereas I never... I think I'd never quite reach that level of artist that I enjoy in the music world.

artist player thinking

There's always a level where you think you can improve and do better. Certainly at the beginning... I did four years of straight theater without ever having a part in a movie, and I remember being far more nervous on a film set than I was on the stage. It took a while for that to become less so.

film remember thinking

I started off in theater; I did exclusively theater for four or five years. In the last few years, television has come along but I can still make film. I feel very privileged that I can move between them.

television years moving

The medium is secondary to the stories. by Cillian Murphy

The medium is secondary to the stories.

mediums stories

Actors' careers are random with a capital "R." by Cillian Murphy

Actors' careers are random with a capital "R."

actors careers

[We were very lucky that Sean [ Ellis ] researched the film [Anthropoid ] for many years.] We sort of piggybacked on his knowledge, and he gave us a lot of materials, which we read. For me, the greatest resource was actually shooting the film in Prague.

prague lucky years

You take the job very seriously and between action and cut, that's where your focus should be. And then there's a lot of levity in between and a lot of good fun.

cutting fun jobs

I have a list as long as my arm but I find those lists sort of self-defeating because you start to name and then after [the interviewer] leaves the room you go 'Ah, I forgot this person or that person.' So I just don't do it anymore. Hopefully if you make work that people like, they'll get in contact with you.

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I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go... by Cillian Murphy

I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids' films.

cinema film kids

I loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show. by Cillian Murphy

I loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show.

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