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
long people hopefully
I have a list as long as my arm but I find those lists sort of self-defeating because you start to name and then after [the interviewer] leaves the room you go 'Ah, I forgot this person or that person.' So I just don't do it anymore. Hopefully if you make work that people like, they'll get in contact with you.
drama conflict
For me, drama is conflict.
anyone camp easy feminine opposed
Then I wanted the character to be feminine as opposed to effeminate. Because it's easy to be camp or queen. Anyone can do that. What's difficult is to play feminine.
behave colin movies
But I don't look like Colin Farrell, I don't behave like Colin Farrell, and I do different movies than Colin Farrell.
lucky film
[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.
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.
favorite irish jordan neil
Neil Jordan is one of my favorite directors. Not just because he's Irish and I'm Irish. In the world of directors, he's one of those guys.
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,
morality needs question
He needs the girl. It's that simple. There's no question of morality for him.
film haircuts
With some films you can sort of slide in, get a haircut and you're in.
film
I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids' films.
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.
guy kind authenticity
We were able to shoot in a lot of the locations where the mission actually happened and these guys existed, so that was kind of very affecting. We had a Czech crew and a lot of Czech actors. There's a great deal of authenticity to the project [Anthropoid], and Sean [Ellis] was very anxious that that was the case from the beginning.