What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information.
Meaning of the quote
As actors, we go through different stages where we quickly learn a lot of information about the character we're playing. We don't always dive deep into every detail, but we gather enough information to understand the character and bring them to life on the stage or screen.
About Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy is an acclaimed Irish actor who has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, for his work in film, television, and theater. He has collaborated extensively with director Christopher Nolan and is best known for his roles in the Peaky Blinders TV series, the Oppenheimer biopic, and horror films like A Quiet Place Part II.
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What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information.
Irish actor
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.
Irish actor
I don’t have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.
Irish actor
I’d love to work in America, some of my favourite films come from America.
Irish actor
My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.
Irish actor
It was very much about performances, the whole ensemble thing was just great – everybody working together. Sometimes it didn’t feel like a film set. It wasn’t technically driven, it was very, very enjoyable.
Irish actor
The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it.
Irish actor
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.
Irish actor
I don’t think they’d ever make a movie about Chuck Baker but I’d love to play Chuck Baker.
Irish actor
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.
Irish actor
Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can.
Irish actor
I enjoy all aspects of it, I don’t have a preference for any medium. I think each of them has its attractions and I would hope they each inform the other in some way.
Irish actor
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.
Irish actor