If a scene is three pages long, quite often people break it up and do a page, say 'cut' then move on… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people. — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I've spent a long time giving people the benefit of the doubt, and I'm tired of it. — 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
I was brought up by my grandparents. So people go, 'Oh, what was that like? That must have been hard.' And you… — 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
I don't know why we're not interested in seeing good people. I think we like seeing good people, but only if bad… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That's all it… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
Marriage is an ongoing thing, man. You continue to work at it. But it's joyful. And joyous. I don't care if people… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I've played a lot of very posh, sort of noble or aristocratic English people, which is nothing like what I am, so… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I've done enough for a while and people get fed up of seeing you, but apart from that, although I'm young, I… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I love Christmas. I never used to. I didn't hate it, but I could take it or leave it. But, as I… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
People come up to me and they're usually nice, but as it goes on you realise that some people aren't nice. Some… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I always have a beard between jobs. I just let it grow until they pay me to shave it. People are quite… — 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 Image
Shooting films in Britain is always difficult, because we've never got enough money to make them. — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I wanted to join the navy to get some perspective on the world and explore. — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people. — 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
I've been in a few fights and I know what it's like to get punched in the face. — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
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 Image
