“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
“I think the most romantic thing you can do is just turn up. Turn up when it's difficult for you. Travel halfway around the world or just up the road. Whatever it is, just be there.” ThinkingWorldTurnsDifficultCan DoAround The WorldHalfwayMost Romantic Author:James McAvoy
“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
“Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very human.” ThinkingHumansCharacterConflictInternalsInternal Conflict Author:James McAvoy
“I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.” ThinkingStatesActorsNaturalHonestBeing Honest Author:James McAvoy
“I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like Bourne.” ThinkingMenWantActionSuccessfulThinking ManDamonBourne Author:James McAvoy
“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 man, Brad Pitt guy.” ThinkingMenGuyWhiteFeetSkinsUglyClassicBradWhite SkinPasties 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 think my recognizability ebbs and flows. I don't lead a particularly celebrity lifestyle or anything like that. I don't go to showbiz parties or red-carpet events, so it all depends on whether I've got a film out. I've not been very visible in the last year or so and as a result hardly anyone stops me in the street.” ThinkingYearsLastsFilmResultsPartyStreetsEventsDependsRedFlowLifestyleVisibleLast YearCarpetRed CarpetEbb And FlowShowbiz Author:James McAvoy
“I wanted to be a doctor at one point and I also wanted to be a pilot. I think if you grow up in a dodgy area, reality often beats down those ambitions as you get older. But with me that never really happened.” IfsThinkingRealityWantedGrowsGrowing UpHappenedAmbitionBeatsAreasDoctorsPilots Author:James McAvoy
“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 the grain, that I was always a good boy. I think she was right - I did always want to be good.” ThinkingWantSaidTalkingBoysBe GoodGrainGood Boy Author:James McAvoy
“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, not good at anything, just hugely famous. This is not sane. Little girls think they'll be famous if they have vast breast implants and might as well die if they don't.” IfsThinkingWellsLittlesMightKidsJobsDiesGirlDuesHorribleBreastsSaneImplantsBreast Implants Author:James McAvoy
“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.” ThinkingToo MuchFateMinutes Author:James McAvoy
“I think I'm losing my hair finally. And, yeah, that's kind of all I know.” ThinkingKnowsKindHairLosingYeah Author:James McAvoy
