125 Quotes by Jamie Bell

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.

I’m a hard-mouthed north-eastern lad. That’s me – the Eminem of Northeast England.

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.

I’m very good at meeting people, very outgoing.

I don’t take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own.

When I see people talking about TV, they’re way more animated, way more passionate than when they talk about films.

I’m no good at the one-liner thing. It’s just not me.

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.

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.