Explore Quotes by James Mcavoy

When I was 15 or 16 - I slept really well then. Now I sleep on a bed of anxiety-tipped nails.

Distance is a bad excuse for not having a good relationship with somebody. It's the determination to keep it going or let it fall by the wayside; that's the real reason that the relationships continue.

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.

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

I'd like to have stayed in the Scouts beyond the age of 12.

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.

I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in.

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

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

I judge people very quickly.

I don't mind playing somebody who's not likable, or makes the audience feel slightly conflicted.

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.

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.

I don't know if anybody's ever ready for another award season. It's kind of like Christmas.

I play football once or twice a week. I eat pretty healthy. I'm in fairly good shape most of the time.

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.

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.

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

For me, Charles Xavier is a monk. He's like a selfless, egoless almost sexless force for the betterment of humanity and mortality.

Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration.

Fear is really powerful; it's really useful to me.