I look at my contemporaries, and we're all at different stages and levels, and all choosing different routes, different ways to do things.

Jamie Bell

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AMC is a fantastic network that does diverse programming, and does it at a really good level and of great quality.

quality levels doe

I remember when I first came to America and I saw posters for TV shows and I was like, "What?! Why does a television show deserve space on a billboard?"

tv-shows space america

TV is a big business. In some ways, it's surpassed films, in terms of the way people invest in these shows and invest in these characters, and give up so much of their time to follow these people's stories.

giving-up character people

The complexity of the situation of having a war going on around you and what that delivers to you is that you have to figure out which side to take.

figures sides war

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.

next morning might

Sometimes great things come from doing things quickly and not ove... by Jamie Bell

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

stuff sometimes thinking

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.

appreciation interesting thinking

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.

moments kind mean

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.

achievement proud moments

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.

obsessed people ideas

Saying "muff" to someone and trying to be romantic is incredibly... by Jamie Bell

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

difficult trying

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.

independent soul integrity

I'm just a small guy so if I'd dropped any more weight it would h... by Jamie Bell

I'm just a small guy so if I'd dropped any more weight it would have been a bit ridiculous.

ridiculous guy weight

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.

female broken people

New York is great for people watching and there's a bunch of amaz... by Jamie Bell

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

rooftops new-york people

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.

persistence being-yourself thinking

We had children and had changed our lives and in 2015 we sat down with their school schedule and we said I'm going to miss too much of this.

entertainment

You don't miss what you never had. by Jamie Bell

You don't miss what you never had.

miss had never you

What's weird is that I work with these directors and then I start channeling them. I kind of turn into them a bit - which is cool when you're working with Clint Eastwood.

weird cool you work

I've just been blessed to work with these really great people. by Jamie Bell

I've just been blessed to work with these really great people.

great blessed work people