Cillian Murphy

I think every director has a different methodology.

— Cillian Murphy

42 is a really boring age, isn't it?

— Cillian Murphy

I had a really good time in my 20s and 30s.

— Cillian Murphy

I’ve never done a film for the money

— Cillian Murphy

For me, drama is conflict.

— Cillian Murphy

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

— Cillian Murphy

You know, I'm a skinny Irish guy.

— Cillian Murphy

I've written my own music, and I play guitar.

— Cillian Murphy

My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.

— Cillian Murphy

I always think it's a sign of a truly gifted director when they can move seamlessly between genres.

— Cillian Murphy

It's embarrassing sometimes, the way actors or musicians sometimes get made untouchable.

— Cillian Murphy

What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information.

— Cillian Murphy

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

— Cillian Murphy

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

— Cillian Murphy

I've said this before: myself and Tommy Shelby, he's the most unlike-me character I have ever played.

— Cillian Murphy

I enjoy any chance to get in front of a microphone in a role. I'll do it.

— Cillian Murphy

I come from a long line of teachers. Not only did I not go into the family business; I had an aborted…

— Cillian Murphy

I like the little bit of distance that London affords me and I like living in a world capital. I like having…

— Cillian Murphy

I think any actor that says 'I never watch my films' is a liar because you have to watch it at least…

— Cillian Murphy

You need to be as clean of a slate as you can be, as an actor. You have to try to be…

— Cillian Murphy

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

— Cillian Murphy

Men and women are custodians of this society, and we both decide what's going to happen for our future. I feel that…

— Cillian Murphy

It's obvious that if you're going to play a character you need to amass information about that person and about their environment…

— Cillian Murphy

I would not rule out a musical. What I will categorically say is that I will not be in a 'Peaky Blinders'…

— Cillian Murphy

I'm Irish and very proud of being Irish, but as an actor, your extraction should be secondary, really. You should be able…

— Cillian Murphy

I'm kind of loath to pick one project over another or whatever. You go into every film sort of thinking it'll be…

— Cillian Murphy

And, for any performer, to be able to go deep into character is fantastic. In film you only get to do that…

— Cillian Murphy

Then, at age 20, I discovered theater sort of by accident. Quite quickly, theater became more important to me than music. I…

— Cillian Murphy

[We were very lucky that Sean [ Ellis ] researched the film [Anthropoid ] for many years.] We sort of piggybacked on…

— Cillian Murphy

'She's a Mystery to Me' was released in 1987, when I was 11 or something, and I absolutely adored the song. This…

— Cillian Murphy

Nearly everyone says New York is their number one city in the world, don't they? It certainly is mine. But I feel…

— Cillian Murphy

I take my hat off to the ladies. The amount of grooming-plucking and shaving and all the other things men never have…

— Cillian Murphy

But television affords you, what you just described, to - over the course of 18 hours, now that we're doing a third…

— Cillian Murphy

Geoff Dyer is an abundantly talented writer.

— Cillian Murphy

The medium is secondary to the stories.

— Cillian Murphy

It's always nice to be challenged.

— Cillian Murphy

I'm pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.

— Cillian Murphy

I don't know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.

— Cillian Murphy

My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.

— Cillian Murphy

I'm terrible. I'm the wrong person to talk to, I really don't know a thing.

— Cillian Murphy