I'm 5 foot 7, and I've got pasty white skin. I don't think I'm ugly, don't get me wrong, but I'm not… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like 'Bourne.' — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest. — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I think I'm losing my hair finally. And, yeah, that's kind of all I know. — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm ever going to get to the point where people run across a freeway to take a picture of… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
It's quite liberating to have a director stand beside the camera and say: "Do this now, and do that now..." It's also… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I was talking to one of my aunties at Christmas and she said she didn't think it was ever in my nature… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a doctor at one point and I also wanted to be a pilot. I think if you grow… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
That singular uncompromising nature I think is always quite attractive, not just for an actor to play, we're attracted to uncompromising people… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I think my recognizability ebbs and flows. I don't lead a particularly celebrity lifestyle or anything like that. I don't go to… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
We're in a horrible, repugnant place now where kids are told it's their right and due to be hugely famous. Not good… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I like cooking, but I don't think I could be a chef. Everyone from the ground up does terrible hours, whether you've just walked… — James McAvoy Copy Share
Shooting films in Britain is always difficult, because we've never got enough money to make them. — James McAvoy Copy Share
I'd like to keep work work and life life. It means you've got your life to come back to, somewhere to come home to… — James McAvoy Copy Share
I like playing sport, and I like doing physical stuff. I like hiking and I like climbing and I like playing sport. I do… — James McAvoy Copy Share
I wanted to join the navy to get some perspective on the world and explore. — James McAvoy Copy Share
I did undergo hypnotherapy, and it didn't work! The guy couldn't put me under. I was very disappointed. I was very keen to be… — James McAvoy Copy Share
If a scene is three pages long, quite often people break it up and do a page, say 'cut' then move on to the… — James McAvoy Copy Share
In a love scene that's really advantageous because you don't have that horrible moment of: "We don't really know what we're supposed to be… — James McAvoy Copy Share
That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people. — James McAvoy Copy Share
I've been in a few fights and I know what it's like to get punched in the face. — James McAvoy Copy Share
I learned something from a string of failed relationships. You don't see a pattern quickly. You see it over time. I learned to stop… — James McAvoy Copy Share
I don't mind playing somebody who's not likable, or makes the audience feel slightly conflicted. — James McAvoy Copy Share
I've spent a long time giving people the benefit of the doubt, and I'm tired of it. — James McAvoy Copy Share
My favorite name of a fandom is Benedict Cumberbatch's - 'the Cumberbatches' is just the best name. — James McAvoy Copy Share
