James McAvoy

Art is just about communication. Sometimes when we say when we're making art, people go like, oh, they're talking about art,

Art is just about communication. Sometimes when we say when we're making art, people go like, oh, they're talking about art,

Art is just about communication. Sometimes when we say when we're making art, people go like, oh, they're talking about art,

what it means is we're trying to communicate art is an attempt to communicate and if you've made some money what it really means is you manage to communicate yeah you manage to find instead of this nebulous thing where it's like yeah i got this movie on a website at the moment it's doing great yeah 4.5 people have seen it worldwide and it's fucking it's out there and you're like that's even you can make a great piece of art but nobody saw it so

what it means is we're trying to communicate art is an attempt to communicate and if you've made some money what it really means is you manage to communicate yeah you manage to find instead of this nebulous thing where it's like yeah i got this movie on a website at the moment it's doing great yeah 4.5 people have seen it worldwide and it's fucking it's out there and you're like that's even you can make a great piece of art but nobody saw it so

what it means is we're trying to communicate art is an attempt to communicate and if you've made some money what it really means is you manage to communicate yeah you manage to find instead of this nebulous thing where it's like yeah i got this movie on a website at the moment it's doing great yeah 4.5 people have seen it worldwide and it's fucking it's out there and you're like that's even you can make a great piece of art but nobody saw it so

you didn't get to communicate and that is something that's becoming harder and harder to do in the cinemas maybe it's easier to do it in the streamers but it's also like the streamers are like this this like kaleidoscope of whirlpools that you're getting pulled into and each whirlpool has a thousand things in it that the algorithm helps you watch it, I don't know. I think that's fair.

you didn't get to communicate and that is something that's becoming harder and harder to do in the cinemas maybe it's easier to do it in the streamers but it's also like the streamers are like this this like kaleidoscope of whirlpools that you're getting pulled into and each whirlpool has a thousand things in it that the algorithm helps you watch it, I don't know. I think that's fair.

you didn't get to communicate and that is something that's becoming harder and harder to do in the cinemas maybe it's easier to do it in the streamers but it's also like the streamers are like this this like kaleidoscope of whirlpools that you're getting pulled into and each whirlpool has a thousand things in it that the algorithm helps you watch it, I don't know. I think that's fair.

I grew up in a council estate in Glasgow called Drum Chapel. Council estate is something you guys call, not schemes, projects. So I was in high school. I was about 15, 16. We were doing Macbeth in English. My English teacher knew a director and an actor who had done Macbeth in the 70s. And he came in and talked to us. I recognised him immediately immediately.

I grew up in a council estate in Glasgow called Drum Chapel. Council estate is something you guys call, not schemes, projects. So I was in high school. I was about 15, 16. We were doing Macbeth in English. My English teacher knew a director and an actor who had done Macbeth in the 70s. And he came in and talked to us. I recognised him immediately immediately.

I grew up in a council estate in Glasgow called Drum Chapel. Council estate is something you guys call, not schemes, projects. So I was in high school. I was about 15, 16. We were doing Macbeth in English. My English teacher knew a director and an actor who had done Macbeth in the 70s. And he came in and talked to us. I recognised him immediately immediately.

Cause he was a, he was like a movie actor. He'd done like movies with Chris O'Donnell. And, um, and I was like, I've seen you in Vertical Limit. You're like the bad guy in Vertical Limit with fucking Chris O' fucking O'Donnell. And I was like, wow. And then I was like, I've also seen you in a film with fucking Arnold Schwarzenegger. And, um, he was pretty cool.

Cause he was a, he was like a movie actor. He'd done like movies with Chris O'Donnell. And, um, and I was like, I've seen you in Vertical Limit. You're like the bad guy in Vertical Limit with fucking Chris O' fucking O'Donnell. And I was like, wow. And then I was like, I've also seen you in a film with fucking Arnold Schwarzenegger. And, um, he was pretty cool.

Cause he was a, he was like a movie actor. He'd done like movies with Chris O'Donnell. And, um, and I was like, I've seen you in Vertical Limit. You're like the bad guy in Vertical Limit with fucking Chris O' fucking O'Donnell. And I was like, wow. And then I was like, I've also seen you in a film with fucking Arnold Schwarzenegger. And, um, he was pretty cool.

He took a lot of shit from some of the guys in the class. Uh, And at the end of it, I just went up and I said, listen, I'm sorry about that. Thank you very much for coming. If you're making a movie again, because he was a film director, would you please consider letting me come and making tea or coffee for you? Wow. For a week or something like that.

He took a lot of shit from some of the guys in the class. Uh, And at the end of it, I just went up and I said, listen, I'm sorry about that. Thank you very much for coming. If you're making a movie again, because he was a film director, would you please consider letting me come and making tea or coffee for you? Wow. For a week or something like that.

He took a lot of shit from some of the guys in the class. Uh, And at the end of it, I just went up and I said, listen, I'm sorry about that. Thank you very much for coming. If you're making a movie again, because he was a film director, would you please consider letting me come and making tea or coffee for you? Wow. For a week or something like that.

And he called back months later and he was like, is that kid still there? Send him to the production office. He was making this movie about child prostitution and pornography in Glasgow. Wow. And he was like, here's the script, read it. And I read it and I went, come in here. can you try and play Kevin, this young guy called Kevin Savage. And he was like, can you make yourself cry?

And he called back months later and he was like, is that kid still there? Send him to the production office. He was making this movie about child prostitution and pornography in Glasgow. Wow. And he was like, here's the script, read it. And I read it and I went, come in here. can you try and play Kevin, this young guy called Kevin Savage. And he was like, can you make yourself cry?