Cillian Murphy on Teacher Parents and Quiet Impact In this interview, Cillian Murphy speaks with rare softness about growing up with parents who were teachers and what that life really looked like behind the praise. It’s a perspective shaped not by theory, but by lived experience. He remembers watching his mother change lives in ways that didn’t make headlines, stopping students from dropping out, giving them a second chance, and carrying that responsibility home every single day. What stands ou