125 Quotes by Jamie Bell
"I lost my mind at 15. I'd been shown a world where there were no boundaries, where everyone gave me all the power. And I was like, 'This is great!' Then that was gone. But I was like, 'Yeah, but I still want that.' I'd lost my humble, very quiet, introverted sensibilities which I think I definitely had as a kid."
"I hate the stereotype of the pitfalls of the child actor. There are so many amazing examples - Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore - of people who have made it through."
"I go into meetings with some film-makers and they literally have nothing to say, they're almost bored by their own material. I'd rather work with people who are very passionate and very animated about what they want to do. People who just want to tell stories."
"He got bullied a lot afterwards. He's really nice and he's been telling me what to do."
"I think what's important is that you keep on changing, ... You show people your range and show them what you can do. You keep people guessing."
"Surfing isn't really in my blood. It's hard to catch a big wave in Billingham."
"You just have to surround yourself with people who are going to support and love you before trying to sell you as a product, or push you into something you don't want to do."
"We're kind of in a voyeuristic world. We have TV shows that are all about watching people do weird things in houses. People are obsessed with that. There's live coverage of it."