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. James McAvoy More Quotes by James McAvoy More Quotes From James McAvoy Fear is really powerful; it's really useful to me. James McAvoy really-powerful powerful I judge people very quickly. James McAvoy judging people 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 superhero christian men I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like Bourne. James McAvoy successful men thinking Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness. James McAvoy motorcycle greatness feelings 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 queens running thinking 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 action want directors 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. James McAvoy nice goes-on people Kids audience is a brilliant audience. If you've got an audience of adults standing up and clapping, or you've got an audience of kids standing up and clapping, I know which one I'd choose. James McAvoy brilliant adults kids 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 pieces faces looks 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 moral lines interesting I play football once or twice a week. I eat pretty healthy. I'm in fairly good shape most of the time. James McAvoy healthy play football It's nice to be in a movie that hasn't been absolutely slaughtered by the press. James McAvoy presses nice 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 levels strong commitment The script is the most important thing for me. I'm advised that other things are important too, and they are. The director that you'll be working with is hugely important, and the cast that are with you is really important as well. But, for me, the thing that gets my heart excited and really makes me invested in something or not is just the quality of the script. James McAvoy quality important heart I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest. James McAvoy honest actors thinking I was brought up by my grandparents. So people go, oh, what was that like? That must have been hard. And you go: No, it wasn't.' It was just completely actually normal because the new norm seems to be whatever you make of it, doesn't it? James McAvoy grandparent normal people 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 Every time I do a movie, especially an animated movie, I just seem to scream and shout and hyperventilate for money. James McAvoy animated-movies animated scream I wanted to join the navy to get some perspective on the world and explore. James McAvoy navy perspective world
