Top 100 Mcavoy Quotes
#1. I'd been wanting to work with James McAvoy since I was in drama school. I suppose there are parallels in that we're Scottish, we went to the same drama school and share the same agent, but aside from that, he's someone I've looked up to.
Emun Elliott
#2. Some of the greatest actors have turned superheroes into a serious business: Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in 'Batman'; Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, the first venerable knights of the X-Men, who have now passed the baton to Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy.
Tom Hiddleston
#3. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. - Vaclav Havel
J.J. McAvoy
#4. The world seemed less scary and I started to like myself a little bit more.
James McAvoy
#5. I chose me, and it might not be perfect, it might not be a dream or fairytale, but my good days outweigh the bad. That's all we can hope for in life, isn't it?
J.J. McAvoy
#6. 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.
James McAvoy
#7. I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like 'Bourne.'
James McAvoy
#8. Invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a dagger in your breast." ~ Samuel Johnson
J.J. McAvoy
#9. Before. I'm so in charge I could be the fucking Energizer bunny.
J.J. McAvoy
#10. One murder makes a villain, millions a hero. Numbers sanctify, my good fellow." ~ Monsieur Verdoux
J.J. McAvoy
#11. I was talking to one of my aunties at Christmas and she said she didn't think it was ever in my nature to go against the grain, that I was always a good boy. I think she was right - I did always want to be good.
James McAvoy
#12. If you want to pass this class, and if you want to be a lawyer, working for it isn't enough. You'll need to bleed for it.
J.J. McAvoy
#13. I don't think I'm ever going to get to the point where people run across a freeway to take a picture of me. I really don't see it getting to that level of hysteria unless I have an affair with the Queen of Sweden or something like that.
James McAvoy
#14. Please file your complaint with the office of 'I Don't Give a Fuck' and I'll be sure not to get back to you.
J.J. McAvoy
#15. If you think for a bloody second that I would ever let you go through any of this alone, you've lost your mind. I will find you, I will bring you home, and I will fix you, do you hear me? Because I need you to fix me too.
J.J. McAvoy
#16. I generally get challenged; I haven't been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It's not something that every actor gets, really. It's luxury. Most actors are capable of it, but they aren't afforded the opportunity to express their variety.
James McAvoy
#17. I knew not everyone would be intact at the finish line.
J.J. McAvoy
#18. I am trying! You are closer to me that anyone else Liam."
"That would be enough, if everyone else wasn't dead
J.J. McAvoy
#19. Until I'm on the set of a film, to me it's still not for real.
James McAvoy
#20. Damn it!" Ethan hissed through his teeth when my fist collided with his stomach.
"You al reallyl need to stop fucking cursing.
J.J. McAvoy
#21. I still take work if I think it's good. If I like the script, I'll do it. If I don't, I won't.
James McAvoy
#22. I don't do Facebook and I don't do Twitter, and already I notice that, with some of my friends, there's a whole sphere of conversation that I'm completely on the outside of, and that's my choice. But, to a greater extent, that's what the whole of life is like.
James McAvoy
#23. I was brought up by my grandparents. So people go, 'Oh, what was that like? That must have been hard.' And you go: 'No, it wasn't.' It was just completely actually normal because the new norm seems to be whatever you make of it, doesn't it?
James McAvoy
#24. 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!
James McAvoy
#25. I really can't deal with all this lovey-dovey shit. It's like watching Romeo and Juliet on repeat." "Don't they die in the end?" Neal questioned.
J.J. McAvoy
#26. Even after all of these years, Amelia London was still my kryptonite, and she still didn't know it.
I couldn't think straight around her. My body reacted on its own around her. My heart, too. It was Amelia's world, and I was just trying to survive in it.
J.J. McAvoy
#27. Icarus burned because he flew during the day. He wanted the world to see. We fly in the darkness, where people are afraid to look.
J.J. McAvoy
#28. I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in.
James McAvoy
#29. If my career isn't going that well, I'd rather it flounder than desperately trying to show up on red carpets: 'I'm for hire! Remember me!'
James McAvoy
#30. I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.
James McAvoy
#31. I loved being dominated in such a beastly sexual way. How his hands, lips and tongue all grabbed on to me.
J.J. McAvoy
#32. I've taught you how to fuck. I've taught you how to make love. Now I need to teach you the full extent of foreplay.
J.J. McAvoy
#33. We have three children. I've finally mastered Italian. I've personally overseen charities here and in Italy for all of them and still I'm the dog. However, it does not bother me in the least ... because you are the master of me. My mind, my body, my heart. Mel, you control all of it, all the time.
J.J. McAvoy
#34. She's cold, sir," Greyson said, partially terrified, partially impressed. "Wrong again," I replied. She was a Callahan and like all Callahans... "She's ruthless.
J.J. McAvoy
#35. No movie has ever got enough time. It doesn't matter how much money you've got, and it doesn't matter how much money you've not got. You never finish on time. You're always up against it and you're always working up until the end.
James McAvoy
#36. Wife, there is no expiration date on vengeance. It doesn't just last a lifetime, it spans generations. So let us rest tonight; it is not us who will die tomorrow."
"Shakespeare's got nothin' on you.
J.J. McAvoy
#37. I've played a lot of very posh, sort of noble or aristocratic English people, which is nothing like what I am, so I feel that there is quite a lot distance there and have played a little bit far away from myself.
James McAvoy
#39. You're sexy when you are mean."
"I'm always sexy," I whispered back.
He grinned. "You're always mean.
J.J. McAvoy
#41. The one thing I knew for sure about Felicity Harper was that she was a runner. I had never thought of myself as a follower, but here I was, always one step behind her.
J.J. McAvoy
#42. When the doors to the control room opened, I instantly threw my knife. Liam stared at the knife lodged in the wall by his head before looking at me wide eyed.
J.J. McAvoy
#43. When you can see kids smiling, that's one of the best things. That's why I did 'Narnia.'
James McAvoy
#44. One of the weird things about Hollywood is we're all imposters; we're all just glammed up.
James McAvoy
#45. I'm instinctively very suspicious and guarded, and I try to counteract it so much. I find reason allows you to be open, and my only sort of ambition in life is to try and be as open as possible.
James McAvoy
#46. Control her Neal, or else she will need new parts. No one calls my wife a bitch ... with the exception of me.
J.J. McAvoy
#47. 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.
James McAvoy
#48. I actually went to drama school at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow, so I stayed in my home town the whole time. However, I see more of my friends now than I did then. It's strange.
James McAvoy
#49. I play football once or twice a week. I eat pretty healthy. I'm in fairly good shape most of the time.
James McAvoy
#50. That singular uncompromising nature I think is always quite attractive, not just for an actor to play, we're attracted to uncompromising people whether they're nice or not, because they're 3D, they're solid, you can define them, it's not wishy washy.
James McAvoy
#51. 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.
James McAvoy
#52. My wife tries to murder me every other week. A few of those times, have in fact led to combat ... amongst other things.
J.J. McAvoy
#53. I didn't think I would be better for a while, but i wasn't horrible either, which made me sort of proud.
J.J. McAvoy
#54. I like reading about the past. I'm definitely not a history buff, but I do read a bit of history now and again, and to do that for work is really exciting.
James McAvoy
#55. Leading man seems to quite often be an idealized figure.
James McAvoy
#57. This isn't over, wife."
"I'm already wet, husband.
J.J. McAvoy
#58. Since my worldview has expanded, I don't consider myself working class anymore, and I'm attracted to playing characters who go through a similar evolution.
James McAvoy
#59. It might not have been a happily ever after for everyone, but it was everything I had ever wanted.
J.J. McAvoy
#60. Remember that we are all flawed, but that does not mean we don't deserve love.
J.J. McAvoy
#61. God needs me. What would happen if there weren't people like me? If the world were perfect, if everything was the way you wished it to be, then why would you pray? God needs me, because without us, you forget about Him.
J.J. McAvoy
#62. Step one, accept she was a damn boss. Step two, hide all the knives, guns, and maybe the pillows, too.
J.J. McAvoy
#63. 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.
James McAvoy
#64. 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.
James McAvoy
#66. I like playing a variety of characters. I feel like I've been able to play different kinds of characters - I've done a lot of period pieces - but I've never had to play the same type of character too much.
James McAvoy
#67. I don't know why we're not interested in seeing good people. I think we like seeing good people, but only if bad things happen to them. Which is weird, isn't it?
James McAvoy
#68. You don't become ruthless with hugs and kisses. It is pain that makes us.
J.J. McAvoy
#69. I have people calling me cute. Like I'm a fucking puppy!" she sneered at me, pushing me aside in order to continue on her way. "I am Melody Giovanni Callahan, cute is not the adjective used to describe me!
J.J. McAvoy
#70. 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.
James McAvoy
#71. J..es ... u..s fu ... ck..in.g Ch..ri ... st Liam! The bed slammed against the wall.
J.J. McAvoy
#72. I'm here. I'm always here. It's been how many years, Noah? How long are you going to push me away? I can't be with anyone else until I get closure from you. So tell me why? Why aren't we together? ... Stop being a little bitch and finally make a choice
J.J. McAvoy
#73. Playing somebody who's obsessed. Playing somebody who is transgressing, and who is really crossing moral lines and ethical lines. That's always interesting.
James McAvoy
#74. Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness.
James McAvoy
#75. 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.
James McAvoy
#76. I am Levi Black and my record was spotless; I didn't mess around with students, I didn't lose cases, and I sure as hell didn't air my dirty laundry in public.
J.J. McAvoy
#77. 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.
James McAvoy
#78. The funny thing is, I've never really hurt myself in an action movie. I've done 'Wanted,' 'X-Men,' 'Welcome To The Punch,' even 'Trance' to a certain extent has little bits of action and stuff, but I've never really hurt myself at all - not even like a sprained ankle.
James McAvoy
#79. I want you to love me." I said softly. "But if not, then I want to be the closest thing to you loving me. I want your loyalty. I want your honesty. I want you by my side and no one else's. I want your body. I want your mind. I want to know your hopes and dreams so I could one day make them reality.
J.J. McAvoy
#80. One day you could be sitting on the top of the world, then the next it could be sitting on you,
J.J. McAvoy
#81. Just because you're named after jeans, doesn't mean you have to take it out on the rest of us with normal names.
J.J. McAvoy
#82. My favorite name of a fandom is Benedict Cumberbatch's - 'the Cumberbatches' is just the best name.
James McAvoy
#83. Do you think we are pyromaniacs?' I snickered as I gazed at rising smoke ...
J.J. McAvoy
#84. Interesting does not even begin to cover what happened today." I said.
"My fiance shot me with my own gun.
J.J. McAvoy
#85. Marriage is an ongoing thing, man. You continue to work at it. But it's joyful. And joyous. I don't care if people are living without a marriage certificate. It's just about people, in some way, saying to each other, 'I commit to you. I will help you in this life.'
James McAvoy
#86. I love going to art galleries. The Tate Modern is one of my favourite things to do. But I don't invest in the history of it and I don't read up on it. I am a guy who would buy a print rather than buy an original.
James McAvoy
#87. I was scared. I was scared because I didn't realize how much I loved him until that moment. How much I couldn't live without him now. He was... my whole world now. I'd go anywhere. I'd do anything for him.
J.J. McAvoy
#88. I'm far too sexy to be suffering from blue balls.
J.J. McAvoy
#89. 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.
James McAvoy
#90. 'St. Elmo's Fire' is one of my favorite films. I like the storytelling of those teenage American films. You don't get that now. Teenage American movies are all about sick jokes, puking a lot, arse jokes.
James McAvoy
#91. I'm taking probably the biggest risk of my career in playing the part in Filth. If you stop taking risks, then you get bored, or you just keep playing the same part, over and over again. Eventually audiences get bored of that, as well.
James McAvoy
#92. 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.
James McAvoy
#93. I'm not now, nor shall I ever be, any man's arm candy.
J.J. McAvoy
#94. You are not a black rainbow. I see every one of your colors.
J.J. McAvoy
#95. To students, he was El Diablo, but in Law circles, he was called The Cleaner.
J.J. McAvoy
#96. My name," I whispered in her ear, and she shivered with pleasure. "Say my name again. Not in anger, or disgust, but as you did just now. As if I am the only man in the world who can satisfy you.
~Liam C.
J.J. McAvoy
#97. Bye," he whispered to me.
"Bye."
Neither of us moved.
"Seriously? This isn't the Titanic, you'll see each other again," Bethan said to us.
J.J. McAvoy
#98. I've cried a lot because of women. I cry a lot, as a person.
James McAvoy
#99. Some rats just don't know when to die.
J.J. McAvoy
#100. Clothes covered in red,
Eyelids sore and blue,
Never forget the ruthless
Because they won't ever forget you.
J.J. McAvoy
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