Cillian Murphy has implemented a no-photo policy with fans for his own well-being, saying it improves conversations.
During an interview, when approached by an admirer wanting a photo, he politely declined but still talked.
Murphy also avoids discussing his career too much, preferring to talk about art and living a normal life outside of acting.
Murphy said, “Once I started doing that, it changed my life. I just think it’s better to say hello and have a little conversation. I tell that to a lot of people, you know, actor friends of mine, and they’re just like, ‘I feel so bad.’ But you don’t need a photo record of everywhere you’ve been in a day.”
“People always used to say to me, ‘He has reservations’ or ‘He’s a difficult interviewee.’ Not really! I love talking about work, about art. What I struggle with, and find unnecessary, and unhelpful about what I want to do, is: ‘Tell me about yourself,’” he continued.
“When ‘Peaky [Blinders]’ was at its kind of apex, you’d feel a different energy around, walking around, a little bit like I do now — but then it settles down again,” explained the actor.
With the success of “Oppenheimer,” his fame is increasing but Murphy says it comes in waves and then settles down.
“It kind of comes in waves. And then you don’t have something in the cinema for ages, and people forget about it. So. It seems to be like that, and you sort of ride that, and then things go back to normal,” added Murphy.
He continued, “I have a couple of friends who are actors but a majority of them are not. 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 f—ing 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.”
Most of his friends are not in the entertainment industry as he enjoys not working and observing regular life as important research and to avoid living in the “bubble” of constant promotion which could limit his experiences.
“If you can’t do that because you’re going from film festival to movie set to promotions… I mean, that’s The Bubble. I’m not saying that makes you any better or less as an actor, but it’s just a world that I couldn’t exist in,” emphasized Murphy.
He added, “I find it would be very limiting on what you can experience as a human being, you know?”
His priority is living a normal human life beyond his career.
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