I'd probably have been wealthier if I had stayed with law, but pretty miserable doing it. — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
I don't care if people perceive me as always selling out because I'm doing a studio picture. For me, the whole thing… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
I try not to think retrospectively. It's important, as an artist, to look forward, always. I do try to take work that… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
If you behave like a celebrity, then people will treat you like a celebrity, and if you don't, they won't. There's not… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
I think there's such a thing, as a performance gene. If it's in your DNA it needs to come out. For me… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
I think if you play characters, it's very important not to ever tag them with any sort of disorder, or diagnose them,… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
You do your due diligence, you read as much as you can, and then, ultimately, I find that you discard that and… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
I have a list as long as my arm but I find those lists sort of self-defeating because you start to name… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
And, for any performer, to be able to go deep into character is fantastic. In film you only get to do that… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
Sociopath is a word that has sort of become shorthand for psychopath and there's a distinct difference, it's interesting if you look… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
I suppose I tend to like slightly darker things - people have levelled that on me before and I accept that because… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
For me, it's about being at home and living a life. Taking the dog for a walk, doing the shopping, emptying the dishwasher, going… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share
But television affords you, what you just described, to - over the course of 18 hours, now that we're doing a third season -… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share
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… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share
I think there's such a thing, as a performance gene. If it's in your DNA it needs to come out. For me it originally… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share
It seemed to work on camera. And there's very few films - because you make a lot of films and you meet people and… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share
I've said this before: myself and Tommy Shelby, he's the most unlike-me character I have ever played. — Cillian Murphy Copy Share
I like the little bit of distance that London affords me and I like living in a world capital. I like having the culture… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share
[We were very lucky that Sean [ Ellis ] researched the film [Anthropoid ] for many years.] We sort of piggybacked on his knowledge,… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share
From a very young age I had an ambition to be a musician, and to do that professionally. That's what I pursued until I… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share
A director, I forget who, told me that it takes 30 years to make an actor. And I believe that. You have to learn… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share
It's embarrassing sometimes, the way actors or musicians sometimes get made untouchable. — Cillian Murphy Copy Share
I think you fall out of love with theater while you're doing your eighth show of your eighteenth week and your body is saying,… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share
I think for me with theater, I need to take a break and then fall in love with it again. And then go do… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share
![“You do your due diligence, you read as much as you can, and then, ultimately, I find that you discard that and you concentrate on the characters [of 'Antropoid'] and you can draw on [the research] if you wish, but I think ultimately it's about bringing as much truth and honesty to the portrayal as…” quote by Cillian Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/cillian-murphy-4370_character_you-do-your-due-diligence-you-read-as-mu_2919785.jpg)
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