A cool blue stare and high-cut cheekbones it’s a stunning combination tailor-made for fame.
“I find it terrifying, because I’m not a personality, you know?”
he disclosed toThe Guardian.
Normalcy, away from flashing cameras and red carpets, is something he actively aspires towards.
There’s no telling his reservedness could well be just a facade.
“I tell people I have an extraordinarily boring life.
It’s actually incredibly exciting,“he once teased.
The intrigue around who Cillian Murphyreallyis an unsolvable mystery.
“My life is very simple.
I read a lot of books.
I watch a lot of movies.
Listen to a lot of music.
Be with my family,” he says.
“We dragged him out.
He quite likes to go home, just take a bath, and go to bed.
He is self-professedly very boring.”
“I see myself as an actor.
… And my job is to portray other people.
The less that people know about me the better I can portray other people.
“I was 20.
I was foolishly pursuing a law degree, " he toldThe Irish Times.
In 1996, when Murphy was 20, his life changed.
According toEsquire, he failed his law exams in the first year.
“I’m not good at auditions,” he confessed toGQ.
Auditions, he feels, don’t quite offer the liberty of time.
“They stress me out,” he said.
So how did he prove his vast expertise as a gangster during the “Peaky” auditions?
He followed his up tryout with a text to the show’s screenwriter Steven Knight.
Speaking toEvening Standard, Murphy said, “I can’t begin to condemn what he did enough.
It wouldn’t be tolerated in any industry, why should it be tolerated in entertainment?
I admire those women who have come out.”
He further added that it was “innately correct” that women and men should be treated equally.
What’s more, the man also thinks the next James Bond should be a woman!
So alongside briefly pursuing a law degree, Murphy answered to his artistic bent by playing music.
As told to ComingSoon.net, his parents loved watching him play a teacher.
“I really admire our teachers,” Murphy gushed.
It’s so f***ing weird.
I’ve been sat on the tube and people have started filming me.”
As a second thought, he added, “Or maybe I’m just old.”
To top it all, Murphy reportedly avoids social media like the plague, per GQ.
For many, the famous introvert’s seeming listless quality contributes to making him more attractive.
“I think he’s flying the flag.”
“Inception” and “Dunkirk” followed in 2010 and 2017, respectively (perIMDb).
Nolan has heaped praise on Murphy as lavishly as Murphy has on him.
The couple had a long courtship before tying the knot in Provence, France in 2004,The Guardianreported.
He feels moving to Ireland was the best decision he made
Cillian Murphy is an actor.
But he’s also notoriously introverted.
“I don’t miss London.
Murphy and his wife Yvonne McGuinness, a visual artist, share two sons Malachy and Aran.
Living in Ireland also works out well for Murphy’s reserved sensibilities that shun the spotlight.
“I think Irish people are generally really decent.
If they know what sort of person you are, they respect that.
“I was vegetarian for about 15 years,” he toldMr Porter.
The show, however, called for him to shed his worries.
His first bite of meat, as a newly-converted non-vegetarian, was venison steak, he recalled.
Talk about an artist’s commitment to his craft!
But the Cork native knows how to indulge in downtime between takes.
“But it is a struggle.”
But they don’t really lean into what he does, it seems.
“They’re suitably underwhelmed by my work.
Murphy tested in the superhero’s Batsuit, which he recalled “was far too roomy for me.”
“I don’t think I’m the right physical specimen for Batman,” he toldMr Porter.
However, he conceded to GQ, “But it was fun.
It’s a great thing to tell your kids.”
