Cinema Quote by Cillian Murphy

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Cillian Murphy

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

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

— Cillian Murphy

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

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

— Cillian Murphy

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

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

— Cillian Murphy