James McAvoy Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I like cooking, but I don't think I could be a chef. Everyone from the ground up does terrible hours, whether you've just walked in off the street and you've got no experience, to whether you're the head chef. You can work 14 or 15-hour days. It's really, really intense.”

“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 really liked 'Starter For Ten' because I grew up watching 1980s teen films like 'St. Elmo's Fire' and 'The Breakfast Club' and I've always wanted to play the underdog lead hero in a 1980s-inspired film.”

“I'm having the life that I kind of hoped I might have one time, you know? I do feel like I have a place here. And, at least, I deserve it, as much as anybody else, hopefully.”

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

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

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

“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 considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realized I was only in it for selfish reasons. And, more importantly, I didn't want to sacrifice the ladies!”