James McAvoy Quotes

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• I kind of embarked on a fruitless search to find information about my character, Frederick Aiken. And it was fruitless, unfortunately, because there's so little…
• I also really liked playing Mr. Tumnus in 'Narnia'. I got to play my favorite character in children's literature, which I loved. You don't get…
• I was talking to one of my aunties at Christmas and she said she didn't think it was ever in my nature to go against…
• We're in a horrible, repugnant place now where kids are told it's their right and due to be hugely famous. Not good at their job,…
• I really liked 'Starter For Ten' because I grew up watching 1980s teen films like 'St. Elmo's Fire' and 'The Breakfast Club' and I've always…
• I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you…
• The world seemed less scary and I started to like myself a little bit more.
• A cry-wanking scene is the struggle to live, in a single moment.
• The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really.
• Leading man seems to quite often be an idealized figure.
• That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people.
• Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting…
• I think I'm losing my hair finally. And, yeah, that's kind of all I know.
• [Macbeth] is historically set in a place depicted by Shakespeare as brutal and violent, incredibly superstitious, and that's something that I do believe is Scottish.
• I take a lot of pride in being myself. I'm comfortable with who I am.
• Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness.
• People come up to me and they're usually nice, but as it goes on you realise that some people aren't nice. Some people are not…
• Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That's all it is. And yet…
• I always have a beard between jobs. I just let it grow until they pay me to shave it. People are quite surprised it's ginger.…
• I considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realized I was only in…

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