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
moving-forward thinking creative
I think it's necessary to keep moving forward. I've always said that nostalgia is death, really for anyone creative.
names two scripts
Two weeks ago we couldn't pronounce your name, but you were in the lead in a film that made millions, so we're sending you all these scripts.
theatre impulse feels
Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can
voice acting wigs
That's what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that's what we do.
teacher law careers
I come from a long line of teachers. Not only did I not go into the family business; I had an aborted law career and I played in bands. 'Disco Pigs' was my first professional acting experience.
actors extraction
You're an actor who's Irish, not an Irish actor. And you shouldn't be limited by your extraction.
wife my-wife
My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.
passion america burning
I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.
lucky youth good-work
I feel very lucky to be making good work still. The confidence of youth, or that sort of competitiveness you get when you're 22 or 23, the impatience - that's probably been tempered. Hopefully I'm slightly better company.
done film
I’ve never done a film for the money
thinking play bakers
I don't think they'd ever make a movie about Chuck Baker but I'd love to play Chuck Baker
taken ambition age
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 was about 20, playing in bands that were taken pretty seriously at that stage.
stuff sake depth
There's a lot of comedy in Intermission but it's got this depth. It's not comedy for comedy's sake - it's informed by something else. I like stuff like that
space lines able
At the moment I'm doing this space movie, so I'm obsessed with physics and space travel. I know three months down the line it's gone. Then I'll be able to superficially say stuff about space.