“It's quite liberating to have a director stand beside the camera and say: "Do this now, and do that now..." It's also a bit sordid but it liberates an actor, I think.” ThinkingActorsBitsDirectorsCamerasLiberating Author:James McAvoy
“As an actor sometimes you can be a bit emotional and forceful, and that's not always the way to be.” WaySometimesActorsBitsEmotional Author:James McAvoy
“I don't really... go to 'the opening of an envelope.' I don't really turn up to all the events, you know what I mean? If I'm involved, I'll go, and if there's a good friend who needs support, I'll go, but otherwise... I don't go. I'm probably just a bit like my grandparents; I like staying in.” IfsKnowsNeedsMeanTurnsBitsSupportEventsInvolvedOpeningStayingGood FriendGrandparentEnvelopes Author:James McAvoy
“I've done enough for a while and people get fed up of seeing you, but apart from that, although I'm young, I need a bit of rest. You could say I have become a house husband. It's not a new man thing, it's just largely a boring man who doesn't mind staying in the house thing.” PeopleMenNeedsMindDoneEnoughYoungHouseBitsSeeingHusbandBoringStayingFedsFed Up Author:James McAvoy
“If a scene is three pages long, quite often people break it up and do a page, say 'cut' then move on to the next bit, they do it in cuts. I don't really like doing that; I like to go through it all in one organic run, then give notes afterward. A little bit more like theater.” PeopleIfsGivingLittlesLongRunningMovingThreeNextBitsBreakCuttingSceneLittle BitPagesTheaterNotes Author:James McAvoy
“The funny thing is, I've never really hurt myself in an action movie. I've done 'Wanted,' 'X-Men,' 'Welcome To The Punch,' even 'Trance' to a certain extent has little bits of action and stuff, but I've never really hurt myself at all - not even like a sprained ankle.” MenLittlesDoneActionWantedCertainStuffBitsHurtLittle BitWelcomeFunny ThingsX MenAction MovieAnklesTrance Author:James McAvoy
“The world seemed less scary and I started to like myself a little bit more.” WorldLittlesBitsLittle BitScary Author:James McAvoy
