Cillian Murphy

“Geoff Dyer is an abundantly talented writer.”

“My whole career has been completely random and haphazard.”

“I'd love to work in America, some of my favourite films come from America.”

“My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.”

“I loved living in London in my 20s and 30s, but after a while, you kind of go, 'Right, is this it? Is this it for the rest of my days? Or is there some other possibility?'”

“I remember being 18 and being fed up with everything - fed up with society, fed up with the political system, fed up with myself - and then you kind of go, 'Actually, this voting thing is amazing,' because you have a chance to change it, right?”

“It's only an advantage as an actor - looking younger than you are. If you can maintain it.”

“It's embarrassing sometimes, the way actors or musicians sometimes get made untouchable.”

“I don't think they'd ever make a movie about Chuck Baker but I'd love to play Chuck Baker.”

“I've said this before: myself and Tommy Shelby, he's the most unlike-me character I have ever played.”

“I don't do karaoke. You know how some people don't like massages? They don't like massages; I don't like karaoke.”

“Nearly everyone says New York is their number one city in the world, don't they? It certainly is mine. But I feel like the ship sailed for me in terms of living in New York because I think you need to live there when you're in your 20s - when you can be poor and energetic and just don't care.”

“42 is a really boring age, isn't it?”

“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.”

“I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.”

“I've written my own music, and I play guitar.”

“The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it.”

“If someone asks a stupid question, you can only give a stupid answer or appear arrogant.”

“After kids, the desire to improve as an actor remains, but time becomes hugely important. I want to do good work and do it well but then be at home. I love hanging out with my children, seeing how they behave, and stealing ideas off them. You can't do that if you're in a hotel, on a plane, or a film set. It's not real life.”

“That time, making 'Disco Pigs,' was kind of the most important period of my life. The people I met there remain my closest friends.”