Latest Jamie Bell Quotes from Interviews

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• I think a mantra I always told myself is, "No matter how many times somebody pitches the ball at you, if you swing every time, eventually one of them is going to connect." Being yourself and persistence are two things that became my daily mantras, I suppose.

  Jamie Bell

  Being Yourself, Thinking, Persistence

  Interview with Robert Pattinson, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 20, 2015.

• It's hard to define somebody by one movie. I mean, unfortunately, my entire life was basically made by Billy Elliot. It was kind of created by that one catalytic moment.

  Jamie Bell

  Mean, Kind, Moments

  Interview with Robert Pattinson, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 20, 2015.

• I'm proud of my works. But there's not one thing that I can put my finger on and say, "That is my greatest achievement. That's my proudest moment." That's so tricky to me.

  Jamie Bell

  Achievement, Proud, Moments

• I think I have much more appreciation for directing and movies overall versus a performance or an actor. Their body of work is more interesting.

  Jamie Bell

  Appreciation, Thinking, Interesting

  Interview with Robert Pattinson, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 20, 2015.

• Sometimes great things come from doing things quickly and not over-thinking stuff.

  Jamie Bell

  Thinking, Stuff, Sometimes

  "Jamie Bell's History Lesson". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 9, 2014.

• Let's say that you commit a crime, you get caught, you might get sent to prison. It's going to be bad. But if you get caught spying, you're literally hanged the next morning.

  Jamie Bell

  Morning, Next, Might

  "Jamie Bell's History Lesson"". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 9, 2014.

• Your credit card, your inbox, your Hotmail.com are not particularly secure. We are being watched; it's just a part of life.

  Jamie Bell

  Inbox, Cards, Credit

  "Jamie Bell's History Lesson". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 9, 2014.

• I think as English people, we don't want to be reminded that at one point we ruled three-quarters of the globe, and now we're a very small country that doesn't own three-quarters of the globe.

  Jamie Bell

  Country, Thinking, People

  "Jamie Bell's History Lesson". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 9, 2014.

• When I see people talking about TV, they're way more animated, way more passionate than when they talk about films.

  Jamie Bell

  Talking, People, Way

  "Jamie Bell's History Lesson". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 9, 2014.

• I think movie making can sometimes make you lazy in your approach. Occasionally you'll be shooting a scene and it's not even your coverage but you'll catch yourself slipping away and you'll see your mind going somewhere else. But you just can't afford to do that on stage.

  Jamie Bell

  Thinking, Somewhere Else, Lazy

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• If the right thing came along at the right time, it would be an enormous kind of challenge.

  Jamie Bell

  Challenges, Would Be, Kind

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• Wherever the good work is I'll go.

  Jamie Bell

  Good Work

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• That's just a much more enjoyable and motivating experience for me, when I can see people who are just as obsessed with the idea as I am.

  Jamie Bell

  Ideas, People, Obsessed

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• Saying "muff" to someone and trying to be romantic is incredibly difficult.

  Jamie Bell

  Trying, Difficult

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• The reason I do small, independent movies is because I want to keep my soul intact and maintain some kind of integrity within this industry.

  Jamie Bell

  Integrity, Independent, Soul

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• I love anything that kind of removes me from myself and employs something else. So, I love accents and I love pretending.

  Jamie Bell

  Kind, Pretending, Accents

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• Any time you can completely immerse yourself in something it's fun.

  Jamie Bell

  Fun

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• It must be hard to be a female in a David Mackenzie movie. I feel like women in his films are portrayed a certain way - like broken people.

  Jamie Bell

  People, Broken, Female

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• New York is great for people watching and there's a bunch of amazing rooftops.

  Jamie Bell

  New York, People, Rooftops

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• As a kid I never had the impulse to climb anything. I think that most kids who live in small towns or rural areas outside of the city, that's what they do - climb walls, or trees, or whatever. To me, it was more dance classes and not being very boyish.

  Jamie Bell

  Wall, Kids, Thinking

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• I'm still pretty terrified of heights.

  Jamie Bell

  Height, Stills, Terrified

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• I have a problem with heights in general - and climbing!

  Jamie Bell

  Climbing, Height, Problem

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• I never realised that the Edinburgh skyline was so interesting - it's gothic and very urban and there's a lot of church spires and old brownstone buildings.

  Jamie Bell

  Interesting, Church, Edinburgh

  "Hallam Foe - Jamie Bell interview" by Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• It's weird how an actor can read a script and think 'it's really good, it's really funny, that's going to be really dramatic...' and then you get there and say: "Oh, I have to get in it? I have to get in the water?! Are you kidding?"

  Jamie Bell

  Thinking, Water, Actors

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• When you have a child, you are just immediately changed forever. You put yourself second. Your child comes first, and everything that you do is with them in mind.

  Jamie Bell

  Children, Forever, Mind

  "Jamie Bell Talks Turn, Coming to Television, Physical Challenges, Researching the Historical Setting, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 18, 2014..