Quotes

Cillain Murphy

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

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

"Lies travel faster than the truth."

"I like being at home with my music and my books. I've done all the partying, I've done enough partying for four or five people as a young fella. But now I like the quiet life."

"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."

"I think it's necessary to keep moving forward. I've always said that nostalgia is death, really for anyone creative."

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

"And once you're unafraid with death, I think your capacity for violence is immediately increased. Once you're unafraid of death, you are a very, very dangerous adversary."

"If you behave like a celebrity, then people will treat you like a celebrity, and if you don't, they won't. There's not much to write about me in the tabloids."

"I will always love film, the romance of film, sitting in the darkened room with strangers and watching a story for two hours – that will always remain and never be eroded by television."