James McAvoy Quotes - Page 2

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• I don't want to be all worthy about it, but I don't do red carpets, I don't do events and I don't accept freebies that much.

  James McAvoy

  Events, Want, Red

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am a nerd, but I don't dive head-first into any fiefdom of nerdiness, except for maybe 'Star Trek.'

  James McAvoy

  Stars, Nerd, Firsts

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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!

  James McAvoy

  Travel, Selfish, Sacrifice

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• It's nice to be in a movie that hasn't been absolutely slaughtered by the press.

  James McAvoy

  Nice, Presses

  "Wanted: James McAvoy Interview". Interview with Patrick Kolan, www.ign.com. July 22, 2008.

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• 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!"

  James McAvoy

  Directors, Want, Action

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I wanted to join the navy to get some perspective on the world and explore.

  James McAvoy

  Perspective, Navy, World

  "Wanted: James McAvoy Interview". Interview with Patrick Kolan, www.ign.com. July 22, 2008.

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• Shakespeare's stories are still very strong. He structured fantastic stories about things that were fundamental to the human being and psyche.

  James McAvoy

  Strong, Stories, Fundamentals

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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

  Men, Thinking, White

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  James McAvoy

  Christian, Men, Superhero

  "'X-Men: First Class': James McAvoy calls it 'a love story' like Butch and Sundance". Interview with Geoff Boucher, herocomplex.latimes.com. February 23, 2011.

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• I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like Bourne.

  James McAvoy

  Successful, Men, Thinking

  "James: I want to be like Matt". Details Interview, metro.co.uk. July 9, 2008.

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• 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.

  James McAvoy

  Looks, Pieces, Faces

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• 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.

  James McAvoy

  Running, Queens, Thinking

  "James McAvoy Interview - ATONEMENT". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. December 12, 2007.

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• The funny thing is, I've never really hurt myself in an action movie. I've done 'Wanted,' 'X-Men,' 'Welcome To The Punch,' even 'Trance' to a certain extent has little bits of action and stuff, but I've never really hurt myself at all - not even like a sprained ankle.

  James McAvoy

  Hurt, Men, Funny Things

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• At the heart of every really good Christmas movie is the threat, I suppose, to Christmas. Something is wrong with Christmas, in all of these movies. In 'The Polar Express,' there's a kid that doesn't really believe, and that's the threat to Christmas. In 'Santa Claus: The Movie,' jealousy and greed are threatening to overrun his Christmas.

  James McAvoy

  Believe, Kids, Heart

  "James McAvoy Taks ARTHUR CHRISTMAS, Danny Boyle’s TRANCE, the X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Sequel, Showtime’s SHAMELESS, FILTH and More". Intrview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 19, 2011.

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• 'St. Elmo's Fire' is one of my favorite films. I like the storytelling of those teenage American films. You don't get that now. Teenage American movies are all about sick jokes, puking a lot, arse jokes.

  James McAvoy

  Teenage, Fire, Sick

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• I learned something from a string of failed relationships. You don't see a pattern quickly. You see it over time. I learned to stop jumping in at the first sign of attraction. As soon as you're attracted to someone, you go for it - whether or not it's a good idea. Basically, just going out and getting laid.

  James McAvoy

  Jumping, Ideas, Going Out

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I wanted to be a missionary and work abroad, but girls started to become a bigger part of my life around the time I lost interest in the priesthood.

  James McAvoy

  Girl, Missionary, Lost

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

  James McAvoy

  Thinking, Actors, Honest

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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.'

  James McAvoy

  Jobs, Hair, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  James McAvoy

  Strong, Commitment, Levels

  Source: collider.com

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• It's weird when you're watching yourself in a film - you can't really detach yourself from the experiences you've had that day. You're never watching the film as a proper punter.

  James McAvoy

  Film, Punters

  "Wanted: James McAvoy Interview". Interview with Patrick Kolan, www.ign.com. July 22, 2008.

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• Playing somebody who's obsessed. Playing somebody who is transgressing, and who is really crossing moral lines and ethical lines. That's always interesting.

  James McAvoy

  Interesting, Lines, Moral

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

  James McAvoy

  Jobs, Fun, Forever

  "James McAvoy: I've done X Men... now for a few Zs". Interview with Rick Fulton, www.dailyrecord.co.uk. March 23, 2011.

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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.

  James McAvoy

  Jobs, Children, Character

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• Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness.

  James McAvoy

  Greatness, Feelings, Motorcycle

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. April 17, 2009.

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