I worked as an actor for a few years before anything happened, so I'm used to going up for auditions, and then not getting the role. But sometimes I don't read the book of the film, in case I just totally fall in love with it, and then it just becomes an obsession and you want to do it so much because you've completely fallen in love with the story and the characters. And then, if the part doesn't go your way, it's heartbreaking. So, there's a certain amount of distance you have to keep before you can throw yourself in 100%.
Definitely River Phoenix is somebody that I thought, "This guy is very cool." I wanted to be like him when I was a kid. - Jim Sturgess
Definitely River Phoenix is somebody that I thought, "This guy is very cool." I wanted to be like him when I was a kid.
- Jim Sturgess
When you're acting, everything is there around you, you just have to believe that it's real. When you're standing there with a slightly grey wig on a… - Jim Sturgess
When you're acting, everything is there around you, you just have to believe that it's real. When you're standing there with a slightly grey wig on a…
It’s always interesting to me to tell stories that come from difficult political climates. - Jim Sturgess
It’s always interesting to me to tell stories that come from difficult political climates.
I moved to Manchester to join a band and ended up getting into acting, and I moved back to London to become an actor and ended up joining a band. - Jim Sturgess
I moved to Manchester to join a band and ended up getting into acting, and I moved back to London to become an actor and ended up joining a band.
'Upside Down' is a fantasy love story. It's about love at first sight - when you just fall in love instantly and will battle any obstacle to be with … - Jim Sturgess
'Upside Down' is a fantasy love story. It's about love at first sight - when you just fall in love instantly and will battle any obstacle to be with …
Ive probably written about three albums that no one will ever hear. - Jim Sturgess
Ive probably written about three albums that no one will ever hear.
I can play the guitar and the keys and the drums. I'm not brilliant at any of them. I can sing too. Some of my friends are proper musicians but I'm a… - Jim Sturgess
I can play the guitar and the keys and the drums. I'm not brilliant at any of them. I can sing too. Some of my friends are proper musicians but I'm a…
I really dont like the idea of people knowing what I am doing. I find telling everybody what you had for breakfast is really uninspiring. - Jim Sturgess
I really dont like the idea of people knowing what I am doing. I find telling everybody what you had for breakfast is really uninspiring.
[on River Phoenix] I would love to see what kind of choices he would be making now if he was still around, some of the characters that he would have … - Jim Sturgess
[on River Phoenix] I would love to see what kind of choices he would be making now if he was still around, some of the characters that he would have …
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