Cillian Murphy Is the Man of the Moment

No easy answers—but perhaps a few new questions.

Don’t give it all away. Don’t even give most of it away. Retrench. Be clear. With yourself, but not necessarily with others. Let the fame wave pass. Live by the sea.

He said it again: “Deepen the mystery. That’s it, isn’t it?”

“The majority of my buddies are not in the business. I also love not working. And I think for me a lot of research as an actor is just fucking living , and, you know, having a normal life doing regular things and just being able to observe, and be , in that sort of lovely flow of humanity.