I guess because theater's so ephemeral and it's gone. You make this nightly contract with the audience and you redraw that contract for the next night, whereas film and television, it's forever. I suppose it's always about adopting personas, never… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a shy person necessarily, but there's something about getting under the skin of a character and allowing you an abandon or a sense of courage that you would never have in your own life. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 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 it originally… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
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 Image
I've said this before: myself and Tommy Shelby, he's the most unlike-me character I have ever played. — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
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 Image
[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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
It's embarrassing sometimes, the way actors or musicians sometimes get made untouchable. — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
![“It seemed to work on camera. And there's very few films - because you make a lot of films and you meet people and you work very intensely and intimately and then you're gone - but there's a few where you actually make friends, and this [The Fall] was one.” quote by Cillian Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/759/cillian-murphy-4370_cameras_it-seemed-to-work-on-camera-and-there-s_120288.jpg)
![“[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.” quote by Cillian Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e7a/cillian-murphy-4370_film_we-were-very-lucky-that-sean-ellis-resea_135960.jpg)
