James McAvoy

I come from a country with a proud history of socialist democracy, so luckily I was the last person I think I was the last year to have their tuition completely paid for them.

I come from a country with a proud history of socialist democracy, so luckily I was the last person I think I was the last year to have their tuition completely paid for them.

I come from a country with a proud history of socialist democracy, so luckily I was the last person I think I was the last year to have their tuition completely paid for them.

Yeah, yeah. It was kind of, I guess it was tough to get in. I was really, I was lucky I got in at my first try. If I hadn't got in at my first try, I might have gone off and done one of those other things, you know. But listen, to answer your question, Sean, I would say there's a couple of things I would pass on. One is try and be more American in terms of what you do as an actor.

Yeah, yeah. It was kind of, I guess it was tough to get in. I was really, I was lucky I got in at my first try. If I hadn't got in at my first try, I might have gone off and done one of those other things, you know. But listen, to answer your question, Sean, I would say there's a couple of things I would pass on. One is try and be more American in terms of what you do as an actor.

Yeah, yeah. It was kind of, I guess it was tough to get in. I was really, I was lucky I got in at my first try. If I hadn't got in at my first try, I might have gone off and done one of those other things, you know. But listen, to answer your question, Sean, I would say there's a couple of things I would pass on. One is try and be more American in terms of what you do as an actor.

Try and create your own work. Because you guys, I think it's changing now, but me coming up, it felt like us as young actors, it was like, you're a hired gun. You're like a carpenter that's hired in. And you guys, when I met you guys, you guys, when I met you guys back in like 2003 when I first started coming to America, I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Try and create your own work. Because you guys, I think it's changing now, but me coming up, it felt like us as young actors, it was like, you're a hired gun. You're like a carpenter that's hired in. And you guys, when I met you guys, you guys, when I met you guys back in like 2003 when I first started coming to America, I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Try and create your own work. Because you guys, I think it's changing now, but me coming up, it felt like us as young actors, it was like, you're a hired gun. You're like a carpenter that's hired in. And you guys, when I met you guys, you guys, when I met you guys back in like 2003 when I first started coming to America, I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa.

You're like, you've got two editions a month and you've got a production company and you've written four scripts and you're like... how'd you do this? Like, what do you mean? You got a development deal with who? I was like, what?

You're like, you've got two editions a month and you've got a production company and you've written four scripts and you're like... how'd you do this? Like, what do you mean? You got a development deal with who? I was like, what?

You're like, you've got two editions a month and you've got a production company and you've written four scripts and you're like... how'd you do this? Like, what do you mean? You got a development deal with who? I was like, what?

I could not believe, but it's also grown up within an industry that is actually an industry, whereas in Britain, it's a little bit, we feel lucky to be here and we feel lucky to get to do the secret thing that like fairies and elves get to do. And it feels a bit more like a cottage industry.

I could not believe, but it's also grown up within an industry that is actually an industry, whereas in Britain, it's a little bit, we feel lucky to be here and we feel lucky to get to do the secret thing that like fairies and elves get to do. And it feels a bit more like a cottage industry.

I could not believe, but it's also grown up within an industry that is actually an industry, whereas in Britain, it's a little bit, we feel lucky to be here and we feel lucky to get to do the secret thing that like fairies and elves get to do. And it feels a bit more like a cottage industry.

I'm directing at the moment. I'm about to go into prep for my first film in the 26th of August. Oh, that's great. It's really exciting. Which is really exciting. But I don't want to produce. I don't want to write. I don't want to do those things. I've done those things in the past and I did not find it to be my wheelhouse. What's drawing you to the directing? Control, power, abuse of it.

I'm directing at the moment. I'm about to go into prep for my first film in the 26th of August. Oh, that's great. It's really exciting. Which is really exciting. But I don't want to produce. I don't want to write. I don't want to do those things. I've done those things in the past and I did not find it to be my wheelhouse. What's drawing you to the directing? Control, power, abuse of it.

I'm directing at the moment. I'm about to go into prep for my first film in the 26th of August. Oh, that's great. It's really exciting. Which is really exciting. But I don't want to produce. I don't want to write. I don't want to do those things. I've done those things in the past and I did not find it to be my wheelhouse. What's drawing you to the directing? Control, power, abuse of it.

not the paycheck not the paycheck do you know what I've been looking to tell stories about my own country for a long long time and every single story I got sent was like gritty Scottish drama about drugs and the kind of neighbourhoods I grew up in and all that yeah

not the paycheck not the paycheck do you know what I've been looking to tell stories about my own country for a long long time and every single story I got sent was like gritty Scottish drama about drugs and the kind of neighbourhoods I grew up in and all that yeah