The 36-year-old Irish actor, who portrays Dr Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan's Batman, said he wants to take a break from big movies for a while, reported Contactmusic.
"I have lots of friends that live in Los Angeles, and they love it. I just feel like I'm European, and I want to do theater, and I want to do TV, and I want to do smaller films, and I love the big studio pictures, but I want to be near my family. It's just a priority," he said.
Murphy's next movie sees him star as a professional debunker of paranormal activities in Rodrigo Cortes' thriller "Red Lights".