Quotes by Cillian Murphy

“I take my hat off to the ladies. The amount of grooming--plucking and shaving and all the other things men never have to do. I went down and spent time with transvestites in London in the clubs and all that. Got an insight to that world, and its a mad world, but they are very warm and very open people. It was a great experience.”

“Thats what acting is about, ... Funny wigs and voices, thats what we do.”

“I was obsessed with Batman as a kid. I did the film in part just to be near the Batmobile. But I also think [director] Christopher Nolan made a very fine, intelligent film.”

“Hes this kid growing up in a small town in Ireland in the 70s--you know the height of the troubles in Ireland, ... He discovers hes an adopted orphan and that his father is actually this parish priest, played by Liam Neeson. So its just this crazy mad journey that he goes on to find his love.”

“Hes a wonderful, beautiful misfit, and he tends to trust and fall in love with people immediately.”

“Yeah, I suppose slightly more people now can pronounce my name. Its all about recognition, isnt it? I have a funny cognizance of the fact that Hollywood is about commerce and art; its an uncomfortable mixture of the two. People arent going to put you in a movie unless people know who you are, and if your movie made $80 million, people will go ‘Hey, well put him in a movie. It isnt necessarily about the performance, so yeah, that was great and it means you get to read scripts and meet people that you wouldnt have done in the past.”

“But I dont look like Colin Farrell, I dont behave like Colin Farrell, and I do different movies than Colin Farrell.”

“I dont 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 come from a long line of teachers. Not only did I not go into the family business; I had an aborted law career and I played in bands. Disco Pigs was my first professional acting experience.”

“That was the first time people noticed me in the U.S..”

“I dont know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.”

“Youre an actor whos Irish, not an Irish actor. And you shouldnt be limited by your extraction.”

“Id probably have been wealthier if I had stayed with law, but pretty miserable doing it.”