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Cillian Murphy Biography

Cillian Murphy (/ˈkɪliən/; born 25 May 1976) is an Irish actor of stage and screen. He began his performing career as a rock musician. After turning down a record deal, he began his acting career in theatre, and in short and independent films in the late 1990s.

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The medium is secondary to the stories.

Medium, Mediums, Secondary, Stories

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

Depth, Like, Sake, Stuff

It's obvious that if you're going to play a character you need to amass information about that person and about their environment or their era that they're in and use as little or as much as necessary

Amass, Character, Needs, Play

There's always a level where you think you can improve and do better. Certainly at the beginning. . . I did four years of straight theater without ever having a part in a movie, and I remember being far more nervous on a film set than I was on the stage. It took a while for that to become less so.

Thinking, Remember, Film, Nervous, Having

I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.

Passion, America, Burning, Work, Live

[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.

Lucky, Materials, Piggybacked, Prague, Shooting, Years

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

Cutting, Fun, Job, Jobs, Levity

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

Two, Challenges, Trying, Repeat, Constants, Challenge

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

Ifs, Know, Knows, Plane, Planes, Sit

I'd probably have been wealthier if I had stayed with law, but pretty miserable doing it.

Has Beens, Law, Miserable, Probably, Stayed

I personally think if something's not a challenge there's no point doing it because you're not gonna learn much.

Challenge, Challenges, Gonna, No Point, Personally, Thinking

I loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show.

Fall, Kind, Loved, Obsessed, Show

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.

Abandon, Character, Life, Shy, Skins

I'd love to work in America, some of my favourite films come from America.

America, Come, Favourite, Film, Films, Work

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

Actors, Capital, Careers

That's what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that's what we do.

Acting, Funny, Voice, Wigs

I don't think they'd ever make a movie about Chuck Baker but I'd love to play Chuck Baker

Bakers, Chuck, Love, Play, Think, Thinking

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

Film, Films, Haircuts, Slide, Slides, Sort

You know, I'm a skinny Irish guy.

Guy, Know, Knows, Skinny

Then, at age 20, I discovered theater sort of by accident. Quite quickly, theater became more important to me than music. I began to realize that maybe my talents as a musician were quite limited, or had a ceiling to them, whereas acting seemed to sort of stretch before me. I got very passionate about it very quickly.

Acting, Age, Discovered, Important, Passionate

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