“That singular uncompromising nature I think is always quite attractive, not just for an actor to play, we're attracted to uncompromising people whether they're nice or not, because they're 3D, they're solid, you can define them, it's not wishy washy.” PeopleThinkingPlayActorsNiceAttractiveUncompromising Author:James McAvoy
“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 nice at all.” PeopleNiceGoes OnCome UpRealising Author:James McAvoy
“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 we get treated as though we're important.” PeopleNeedsImportantStoriesActorsTreatedServantPublic Servants Author:James McAvoy
“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. Sometimes they ask me if dye my hair and I always say 'Wow, no!' I'm 'trans-ginger.'” PeopleIfsSometimesJobsAsksGrowsPayHairAsk MeWowBeardTransGinger Author:James McAvoy
“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 of 25 or 26, Christmas became quite a big deal, and I love it now. I love the food, and I love sharing time with people.” PeopleBigsAgeUsedHateDealsBig DealChristmas Love Author:James McAvoy
“I don't think I'm ever going to get to the point where people run across a freeway to take a picture of me. I really don't see it getting to that level of hysteria unless I have an affair with the Queen of Sweden or something like that.” PeopleThinkingRunningLevelsAffairQueensHysteriaSwedenFreeways Author:James McAvoy
“I was brought up by my grandparents. So people go, oh, what was that like? That must have been hard. And you go: No, it wasn't.' It was just completely actually normal because the new norm seems to be whatever you make of it, doesn't it?” PeopleHas BeensHardSeemsNormalGrandparentNorm 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
“Marriage is an ongoing thing, man. You continue to work at it. But it's joyful. And joyous. I don't care if people are living without a marriage certificate. It's just about people, in some way, saying to each other, I commit to you. I will help you in this life.” PeopleIfsMenWayHelpingCareDon't CareCommitThis LifeI Don't CareJoyfulOngoingJoyousCertificates Author:James McAvoy
“That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people.” PeopleCharacterBigsJourney Author:James McAvoy
