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
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.
What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information.
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.
adopted crazy discovers father goes growing height ireland journey kid mad orphan parish played small town troubles
He's this kid growing up in a small town in Ireland in the 70's--you know the height of the troubles in Ireland, ... He discovers he's an adopted orphan and that his father is actually this parish priest, played by Liam Neeson. So it's just this crazy mad journey that he goes on to find his love.
effeminate kid obviously quite trying
He's just a kid who was quite effeminate and obviously gay, but he wasn't a Tootsie trying to pass.
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.
irish jordan london neil singer worked worry
I don't worry about it, ... I just worked with Neil Jordan on 'Breakfast On Pluto,' where I play an Irish transvestite singer in a London cabaret.'
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.
character skins shy
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.
thinking people lovely
It's a very organic kind of way that people are discovering it, by word of mouth, which I always think is the best way for things to grow. In terms of the affect it's been having on me, I don't even notice that. It's lovely to be able to talk about a piece of work that you're very proud of, that I think's a complex piece of work and not superficial and has depth to it.
character kitten knows type
I think one of those comes around once in every career, that type of role. I play a character called Kitten Brady, who everyone knows is a transvestite. That's part of it, but it's not the whole story.
character television lines
And, for any performer, to be able to go deep into character is fantastic. In film you only get to do that if you're the leading character. But in television you get 18 hours to really test the audience and take them to the edge of how far they will go with this character. I can step over this line and I love that.
thinking directors different
I think every director has a different methodology.