“The better the script is the more you can commit, but you can only really commit with full confidence when you know the material is as strong as your level of commitment to it and it frees you up.” KnowsStrongLevelsMaterialsCommitmentScriptsCommit Author:James McAvoy
“Kids audience is a brilliant audience. If you've got an audience of adults standing up and clapping, or you've got an audience of kids standing up and clapping, I know which one I'd choose.” IfsKnowsKidsAudienceAdultsStandingBrilliantClapping Author:James McAvoy
“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 doing, we just know we're supposed to be snogging and then shagging." Then the director shouts "action" and it's like: "Should I feel her boobs? I don't want to feel her boobs!"” KnowsWantFeelsShouldMomentsActionSceneDirectorsHorribleSupposed To BeShould IShaggingSnogging Author:James McAvoy
“I've been in a few fights and I know what it's like to get punched in the face.” KnowsFacesFighting Author:James McAvoy
“I don't know if anybody's ever ready for another award season. It's kind of like Christmas.” IfsKnowsKindReadySeasonsAwards Author:James McAvoy
“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 I look like someone from 1920.” KnowsLooksFacesPiecesPeriodsCasts 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
“If you don't have the good fortune to work a lot then you take any job you get offered, whether it's a good job, fun job, a bad job, horrible job, whatever, you just take what you need to take. But I'm lucky in that - at the moment anyway and hopefully forever, but who knows - I get the chance to pick jobs for the kick of it and the fun.” IfsKnowsNeedsMomentsJobsFunChanceForeverLuckyPicksFortuneHorribleHopefullyKicksGood JobGood FortuneBad JobsHorrible Jobs Author:James McAvoy
“I think I'm losing my hair finally. And, yeah, that's kind of all I know.” ThinkingKnowsKindHairLosingYeah Author:James McAvoy