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J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you make a mistake you're dead."

I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you make a mistake you're dead.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration."

Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration.




J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really."

The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "The world seemed less scary and I started to like myself a little bit more."

The world seemed less scary and I started to like myself a little bit more.




J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "I think the most romantic thing you can do is just turn up. Turn up when it's difficult for you. Travel halfway around the world or just up the road. Whatever it is, just be there."

I think the most romantic thing you can do is just turn up. Turn up when it's difficult for you. Travel halfway around the world or just up the road. Whatever it is, just be there.



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

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



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "A story about my life would be utterly dull."

A story about my life would be utterly dull.




J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "[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."

[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.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "I think I'm losing my hair finally. And, yeah, that's kind of all I know."

I think I'm losing my hair finally. And, yeah, that's kind of all I know.



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

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



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "Our intellect, our awareness, and our consciousness is the most powerful form of life on this planet."

Our intellect, our awareness, and our consciousness is the most powerful form of life on this planet.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That's all it is. And yet we get treated as though we're important."

Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That's all it is. And yet we get treated as though we're important.




J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness."

Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "A cry-wanking scene is the struggle to live, in a single moment."

A cry-wanking scene is the struggle to live, in a single moment.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "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 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.



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

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



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

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



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "I judge people very quickly."

I judge people very quickly.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "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."

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.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "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 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.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "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."

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.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very human."

Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very human.



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

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



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "I wanted to join the navy to get some perspective on the world and explore."

I wanted to join the navy to get some perspective on the world and explore.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "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."

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.



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



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "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'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.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "Fear is really powerful; it's really useful to me."

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



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "It's weird when you're watching yourself in a film - you can't really detach yourself from the experiences you've had that day. You're never watching the film as a proper punter."

It's weird when you're watching yourself in a film - you can't really detach yourself from the experiences you've had that day. You're never watching the film as a proper punter.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "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."

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.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest."

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



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "Playing somebody who's obsessed. Playing somebody who is transgressing, and who is really crossing moral lines and ethical lines. That's always interesting."

Playing somebody who's obsessed. Playing somebody who is transgressing, and who is really crossing moral lines and ethical lines. That's always interesting.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "I try to keep my life low key, and I don't like going to parties unless they're thrown by a friend of mine, or they're to do with a project I'm in, or it's because I've been nominated for an award."

I try to keep my life low key, and I don't like going to parties unless they're thrown by a friend of mine, or they're to do with a project I'm in, or it's because I've been nominated for an award.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "I've seen beautiful actresses get spat at or just someone trying to get a rise out of them so they can get an extra hundred bucks for a photo. It's really rough."

I've seen beautiful actresses get spat at or just someone trying to get a rise out of them so they can get an extra hundred bucks for a photo. It's really rough.



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

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



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "As I get older, I want to do more films for kids because they're the best audience around. Just putting a smile on a kid's face is the best thing."

As I get older, I want to do more films for kids because they're the best audience around. Just putting a smile on a kid's face is the best thing.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "It's nice to be in a movie that hasn't been absolutely slaughtered by the press."

It's nice to be in a movie that hasn't been absolutely slaughtered by the press.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "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."

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.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "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."

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.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "I've been in a few fights and I know what it's like to get punched in the face."

I've been in a few fights and I know what it's like to get punched in the face.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "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 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.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "I also really liked playing Mr. Tumnus in 'Narnia'. I got to play my favorite character in children's literature, which I loved. You don't get the chance to do that in other jobs."

I also really liked playing Mr. Tumnus in 'Narnia'. I got to play my favorite character in children's literature, which I loved. You don't get the chance to do that in other jobs.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "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."

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.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "I'd like to have stayed in the Scouts beyond the age of 12."

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



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "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."

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.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "Leading man seems to quite often be an idealized figure."

Leading man seems to quite often be an idealized figure.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "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 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.



J.J. McAvoy Quotes: "Every time I do a movie, especially an animated movie, I just seem to scream and shout and hyperventilate for money."

Every time I do a movie, especially an animated movie, I just seem to scream and shout and hyperventilate for money.



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

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