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
butterfly play television
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.
character thinking play
I think if you play characters, it's very important not to ever tag them with any sort of disorder, or diagnose them, or whatever. You have to normalize the behavior to get inside the character.
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
thinking play bakers
I don't think they'd ever make a movie about Chuck Baker but I'd love to play Chuck Baker
adopted crazy discovers father goes growing height ireland journey kid mad orphan parish played small town troubles
He's this kid growing up in a small town in Ireland in the 70's--you know the height of the troubles in Ireland, ... He discovers he's an adopted orphan and that his father is actually this parish priest, played by Liam Neeson. So it's just this crazy mad journey that he goes on to find his love.
across darker greater might potential stuff
Sometimes the darker stuff has greater potential for drama, it's always interesting to investigate things that you might come across in your own life.
noticed people time
That was the first time people noticed me in the U.S..
fun great irish script
That was a fun script and a lot of great Irish actors.
anxieties brings turns universal
That's the point. You think you could be in that situation. It brings up all those universal anxieties about flying, even before the story turns dark.
character kitten knows type
I think one of those comes around once in every career, that type of role. I play a character called Kitten Brady, who everyone knows is a transvestite. That's part of it, but it's not the whole story.
audience exploit fears films knows manipulate movies obviously particular reaction seems sort
He obviously knows through his movies how to exploit terror, and he seems to be able to investigate fears that we all have and exploit them or magnify them. There's a particular way of doing films like this. There's a particular way to manipulate the audience to get sort of a reaction out of them, and he can do that.
hope inform preference
I enjoy all aspects of it, I don't have a preference for any medium. I think each of them has its attractions and I would hope they each inform the other in some way.
boils people
For me, this is a film about people under pressure. That's what it fundamentally boils down to.
admire both colin irish
I am very different to Colin Farrell. I admire him tremendously. We are both Irish and are both the same age,