James McAvoy Quotes - Page 4

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• 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.

  James McAvoy

  Thinking, Cameras, Directors

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I do find it strange, doing magazine shoots. Photographers always go, 'Why don't you like to have your picture taken? That's what you do for a living anyway. Just pretend you're acting. It's the same thing!'

  James McAvoy

  Taken, Acting, Magazines

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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.

  James McAvoy

  Enough Time, Matter, Ends

  Source: collider.com

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• Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry.

  James McAvoy

  Years, Giving, Actors

  "The real McAvoy" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2006.

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• I love going to art galleries. The Tate Modern is one of my favourite things to do. But I don't invest in the history of it and I don't read up on it. I am a guy who would buy a print rather than buy an original.

  James McAvoy

  Art, Guy, Modern

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• There's something about Michael J. Fox that I loved when he did all the '80s stuff. His way of performing all the physicality, which is why it's so tragic now, but the way he used his body so much as well, I loved.

  James McAvoy

  Body, Stuff, Way

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• I did 'Narnia' because it was a good opportunity and all that, but really? I wanted to play Mr. Tumnus because he's my favourite children's character. That was awesome.

  James McAvoy

  Children, Character, Opportunity

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• I really liked 'Starter For Ten' because I grew up watching 1980s teen films like 'St. Elmo's Fire' and 'The Breakfast Club' and I've always wanted to play the underdog lead hero in a 1980s-inspired film.

  James McAvoy

  Hero, Fire, Play

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• I kind of embarked on a fruitless search to find information about my character, Frederick Aiken. And it was fruitless, unfortunately, because there's so little about him.

  James McAvoy

  Character, Information, Littles

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• 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.

  James McAvoy

  Hate, People, Christmas Love

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

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• That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people.

  James McAvoy

  Character, Journey, People

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• [Macbeth] is historically set in a place depicted by Shakespeare as brutal and violent, incredibly superstitious, and that's something that I do believe is Scottish.

  James McAvoy

  Believe, Scotland, Scottish

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