I personally think if something's not a challenge there's no point doing it because you're not gonna learn much.
Cillian MurphyI think audiences are a lot more intelligent than what we give them credit for and understand that an actor is playing a role and that doesn't mean he can't play different types of roles.
Cillian MurphyBut television affords you, what you just described, to - over the course of 18 hours, now that we're doing a third season - tell the story of this man. You're not under any obligation, really, to do massive expositional stuff at the beginning. You're at liberty to say, "Come with us on this journey," and, gradually, you become aware of what his motivations are, what drives him, what his weaknesses are, what his strengths are. That's what I think's sucking people into these worlds, because it is kind of like a novel, you just go really, really deep.
Cillian MurphyI like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids' films.
Cillian Murphy