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I always think it's a sign of a truly gifted director when they can move seamlessly between genres.
Cillian Murphy
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Cillian Murphy
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: May 25
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The medium is secondary to the stories.
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I'm terrible. I'm the wrong person to talk to, I really don't know a thing.
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I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.
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I never make a distinction between doing a film in Hollywood or doing a film independently. It's just the story. It's always the story for me. The constants are that it should challenge me and I shouldn't repeat myself. And the story should always be a story worth telling.
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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.
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