170 Quotes by James McAvoy

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

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

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

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

I take a lot of pride in being myself. I’m comfortable with who I am.

I did undergo hypnotherapy, and it didn’t work! The guy couldn’t put me under. I was very disappointed. I was very keen to be suggested, to have somebody tell me to run naked or cluck like a chicken or whatever, but it didn’t work for me, I’m afraid.

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.

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.

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