Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphyis an Irish actor of stage and screen. Since making his debut in his home country in the late 1990s, Murphy has also become a presence in British and American cinema—noted by critics for his performances in a wide range of roles...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth25 May 1976
CityDouglas, Ireland
CountryIreland
space lines able
At the moment I'm doing this space movie, so I'm obsessed with physics and space travel. I know three months down the line it's gone. Then I'll be able to superficially say stuff about space.
voice acting wigs
That's what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that's what we do.
teacher law careers
I come from a long line of teachers. Not only did I not go into the family business; I had an aborted law career and I played in bands. 'Disco Pigs' was my first professional acting experience.
art literature opinion
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.
theatre impulse feels
Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can
stuff sake depth
There's a lot of comedy in Intermission but it's got this depth. It's not comedy for comedy's sake - it's informed by something else. I like stuff like that
character play littles
It's obvious that if you're going to play a character you need to amass information about that person and about their environment or their era that they're in and use as little or as much as necessary
good-man contradiction not-interested
I'm not interested in a good man's life. I'm interested in contradiction.
done film
I’ve never done a film for the money
wife my-wife
My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.
actors extraction
You're an actor who's Irish, not an Irish actor. And you shouldn't be limited by your extraction.
film
I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids' films.
names two scripts
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.
america film favourite
I'd love to work in America, some of my favourite films come from America.