James McAvoy Quotes

I was a hard worker, and I always knew my lines.

It doesn't matter if it's a small role: if I know I can pull it off and have a good team, I will do it.

I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it.

When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.

I hope I can live up to the faith that has been put in me to do a good job.

When you come to do the film, it is not the time to wonder why you do it. It's just how to do it.

The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.

On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it.

Don't forget, I'm 39. I didn't come here just for the money to impress myself. I'm not saying I am going to be dominating. I'm not saying I'm going to be good. But I can promise you I will do all the right things to play.

If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke. Always.

To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.

Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you want to call it, is going to take over.

If I train well and stay focused, I'm confident I can deliver when the time comes.

When I go to audition for voiceovers, I do dress as if I'm going to an on-camera audition because that's my way of showing that I do care and it means something to me.

Before I starred in 'Million Dollar Baby,' I wasn't really a boxer. I just worked hard to learn as much as I could before we were there on set.

As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where, I think, everyone can do the job, and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.

We have given ourselves the means of our ambitions, and in football, when we give ourselves the means, it is always less difficult.

I debuted in Bollywood without inhibitions, and I don't want to develop any fears now. Nothing is more detrimental to an actor than the lack of total surrender.

I believe in my training camp. I believe in my coaches. I believe in what I do. I believe in the work I put in.

I prepare so I can be in the whole game.

I don't know how far, I don't know where I'm going to be or where I'm going to go, but I know this - if a team comes to grab me, I know they're going to get a special player, and I'm ready to show them what I can do and make sure I can contribute.

It's that preparation that goes into each week. We have a term: 'Trust your training, trust your teammate, and trust yourself.'

I have got lot of faith in Virat Kohli. Whatever I've seen of him from the ground or TV, it gives me a lot of confidence.

Consistency, goals, and assists - that gets you confidence and puts the thought in the manager's head that he can't drop you.

People have confidence in you. It's easy to have confidence in somebody that's going out there every night and giving the team a chance to win.