165 Quotes by Cillian Murphy

"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."

"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."

"But I don't look like Colin Farrell, I don't behave like Colin Farrell, and I do different movies than Colin Farrell."

"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."

"He's just a kid who was quite effeminate and obviously gay, but he wasn't a Tootsie trying to pass."

"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.'"

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

"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’m pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately."

"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."