James McAvoy quotes

I take a lot of pride in being myself. I'm comfortable with who I am. (James McAvoy)
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 the wayside; that's the real reason that the relationships continue. View quote
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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 tights. View quote
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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.' View quote
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A story about my life would be utterly dull. View quote
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Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration. View quote
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Fear is really powerful; it's really useful to me. View quote
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I judge people very quickly. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I like playing sport, and I like doing physical stuff. I like hiking and I like climbing and I like playing sport. I do a lot. But I don't like the term 'exercising.' I feel like with sport, you're playing games. But with exercise, you're literally just trying to stop yourself from dying too young. It's weird. (James McAvoy)
When I was 15 or 16 - I slept really well then. Now I sleep on a bed of anxiety-tipped nails. View quote
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I've spent a long time giving people the benefit of the doubt, and I'm tired of it. View quote
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I considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realized I was only in it for selfish reasons. And, more importantly, I didn't want to sacrifice the ladies! View quote
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I also really liked playing Mr. Tumnus in 'Narnia'. I got to play my favorite character in children's literature, which I loved. You don't get the chance to do that in other jobs. View quote
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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 to do something. View quote
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No movie has ever got enough time. It doesn't matter how much money you've got, and it doesn't matter how much money you've not got. You never finish on time. You're always up against it and you're always working up until the end. View quote
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As I get older, I want to do more films for kids because they're the best audience around. Just putting a smile on a kid's face is the best thing. View quote
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I don't mind playing somebody who's not likable, or makes the audience feel slightly conflicted. View quote
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Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness. View quote
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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. (James McAvoy)
I generally get challenged; I haven't been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It's not something that every actor gets, really. It's luxury. Most actors are capable of it, but they aren't afforded the opportunity to express their variety. View quote
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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. View quote
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I play football once or twice a week. I eat pretty healthy. I'm in fairly good shape most of the time. View quote
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Girls didn't really take much interest in me until I was about 14. But I knew how to talk to them very quickly. What I figured out - that my friends didn't - was you have to talk to women like you're not constantly trying to have sex with them. That seemed to work. View quote
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