Best James McAvoy Quotes
- Every time I do a movie, especially an animated movie, I just seem to scream and shout and hyperventilate for money. Animated
- Fear is really powerful; it's really useful to me. Fear
- Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration. Collaboration
- For me, Charles Xavier is a monk. He's like a selfless, egoless almost sexless force for the betterment of humanity and mortality. Betterment
- I always believed that I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it and I had… Actor
- I am a nerd, but I don't dive head-first into any fiefdom of nerdiness, except for maybe 'Star Trek.' Any
- I don't know if anybody's ever ready for another award season. It's kind of like Christmas. Anybody
- I don't know why I get cast in a lot of period pieces. Stephen Fry told me that I had a face for period, that… Cast
- I don't mind playing somebody who's not likable, or makes the audience feel slightly conflicted. Audience
- I don't want to be all worthy about it, but I don't do red carpets, I don't do events and I don't accept freebies that… Accept
- I judge people very quickly. Inspirational
- I look at the Christian Bale movies, the 'Batman' films, and that shows you that superhero movies don't just have to be about men in… Bale
- I play football once or twice a week. I eat pretty healthy. I'm in fairly good shape most of the time. Eat
- I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest. Actor
- I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like 'Bourne.' Action
- I'd like to have stayed in the Scouts beyond the age of 12. Age
- 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 your classic lead… Brad
- I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in. Been
- Shakespeare's stories are still very strong. He structured fantastic stories about things that were fundamental to the human being and psyche. Fantastic
- When I was 15 or 16 - I slept really well then. Now I sleep on a bed of anxiety-tipped nails. Anxiety
- I love Christmas. I never used to. I didn't hate it, but I could take it or leave it. But, as I got to the… Age
- At the heart of every really good Christmas movie is the threat, I suppose, to Christmas. Something is wrong with Christmas, in all of these… All
- Distance is a bad excuse for not having a good relationship with somebody. It's the determination to keep it going or let it fall by… Bad
- Film sets are a strange place, but an exciting place. I do love my work; I really enjoy going to work. But if you just… All
- 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 suggested,… Afraid