Jan 20,2010
BBC James interview
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Jan 20,2010
Style Music TV James Interview
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Jan 15,2010
Movieline Interview with James
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I’d love to run down this list of casting rumors you’ve spent the last week refuting, but I’d rather know your reaction to them. Does all this speculation ever frustrate you?
Well, it’s nice to think your name carries enough weight to benefit them if they use it while fabricating stuff. You know what I mean? But they’re all balls. They’re all nonsense. None of it’s true. I’m With Cancer — I am doing that one. That one’s true. But the Ian Fleming thing? I read it, I really liked it, never spoke to a producer about it, never attached myself to it. Then somebody said I did, which is a little bit naughty, I think. Then the Hobbit thing? Not true. It’s weird to be perceived as something other than that which you are. The weird thing is that if you read something that says, “James McAvoy likes coffee instead of tea”? It’s not a big deal. It doesn’t really matter. But it’s not bloody true. It’s weird that not only do people have an image of you that’s not what you are, they put it out there as though what they say is true, without any way to prove it.And it only gets worse as the news cycle accelerates. Does it make you cynical, or turn you off to the process?
I got absolutely battered by a newspaper back home about a week ago, and it was completely made up. Just a little bit in the newspaper saying that I’d behaved really badly and acted with little grace in a situation where I was just fairly fucking easy-come-easy-go. But that’s the only time I’ve really been upset. And it’s such a tiny thing. But it’s really bad; you shouldn’t be able to do that. But again — not a big deal. It’s tomorrow’s chip paper. You’ve gotta let it go, but there is a little part of you that says, “Don’t misrepresent people.” We don’t have enough news (of course we do have enough news) of mind-numbing interest to fill our pages with, so we have to make up shit about somebody?But I shouldn’t complain, and I’m not complaining. Some people get it in the fucking neck. It’s just weird, because I should know better. I read something in a horrible magazine and think, “Oh, so and so’s doing that… all right…” I should know, but there’s a part of you on some very basic, fundamental level that goes, “It’s in print, though!” Even though a part of me goes, “Bollocks,” there’s a part of me that remembers it because it’s in print. It’s kind of powerful.
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Jan 11,2010
Arts and Leisure Event with James
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Tweets from TimesTalks from the event yesterday:
James McAvoy’s sold out event at TheTimesCenter is over! Funny, entertaining, and a great show!! 2:14 PM Jan 10th from web
“I’ve never had an acting coach outside of drama school” -James McAvoy 2:09 PM Jan 10th from web
James McAvoy: I’ll never get over Robert Redford asking me to call him Bob! 2:07 PM Jan 10th from web
Back to the Future is one of James’ favorite movies! 2:03 PM Jan 10th from web
James says you don’t have to like the part your playing to do it-and that sometimes it can even be better if you don’t!! 2:02 PM Jan 10th from web
“If I don’t get a ton of ideas [after reading a script], its not for me and I move on” -James McAvoy 1:58 PM Jan 10th from web
James says theres a chance he will do live theather here in NY 1:56 PM Jan 10th from web
“What drives me is being at the mercy of fate” -James McAvoy 1:55 PM Jan 10th from web
@melenar asks: What else would you like to do/work on? McAvoy: I’ll wait and see what comes to me. I’ve been at the mercy of fate. 1:54 PM Jan 10th from web
His next film is not exactly a comedy, but has some very funny parts-about a 25 yr old with cancer fighting the battle 1:53 PM Jan 10th from web
“The film’s got a really cracking sense of humor” say McAvoy about his new movie The Last Station! 1:51 PM Jan 10th from web
“Everything that should happen in a scene, should be in the scene” – McAvoy 1:42 PM Jan 10th from web
“I try to convice myself that everyone I work with is incredible….and they inspire me” says James McAvoy 1:41 PM Jan 10th from web
“The audience will feel whatever they want but I want to help the auidence feel a certain way” through his acting James says 1:38 PM Jan 10th from web
Shooting in Uganda for The Last King of Scotland was a true adventure James says-it wasn’t always good, but thats a true adventure he says 1:28 PM Jan 10th from web
James said they were lucky to have 2 weeks rehearsal before shooting Last King of Scotland where they made some changes to the characters. 1:27 PM Jan 10th from web
James McAvoy says he took the part in Wanted to show his diversity and because of the child in him wanting the action! 1:18 PM Jan 10th from web
James says he got lucky with the part in The Last King In Scotland because there were so few young Scotish actors with expierence! 1:16 PM Jan 10th from web
James McAvoy got his career started from his english teachers friend who stared in Macbeth back in Scotland-he got the audition and the part 1:12 PM Jan 10th from web
McAvoy: I got first big part b/c I could make myself cry in the rehearsal. 1:11 PM Jan 10th from web
Get ready! The event is about to begin any minute-this place is packed!! 1:01 PM Jan 10th from web
Seats filling up for the James McAvoy interview. Would you guess that majority of the audience is female?! @melenr will interview McAlroy. 12:56 PM Jan 10th from web
Jan 11,2010
Moviesonline interview with Helen and James
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Here’s what Helen Mirren and James McAvoy had to tell us about their characters in The Last Station, the ubiquitous paparazzi, and their upcoming projects:
Q: Do you really call her Dame H?
JM: No. I called her that a couple of times actually. She never responded to it though. (laughter) It wasn’t like she went oh, and loved it when I called her that. I wish she had though. It would have been like her nickname for her that I invented, but she never went for it.Q: I mean, is that something that struck you as strange? Were you able to relate to your characters more because this is something we’re dealing with on a very modern level?
HM: Well I don’t get much of that. Do you James? Do you get paparazzi?
JM: I don’t get hardly any actually…
HM: It’s funny, they pick on certain people to do that to and other people. (To James) You’re a very high profile movie star if I should say so…
JM: Thank you very much…(laughter) No, you’re more…
HM: …and your wife is a very high profile, famous actress, and they don’t bug you and yet, Britney Spears gets bugged all the time, so it’s weird.
JM: I was taught very early in my career that if you go places where there are free wine, where there’s free wine or free food too often, you’ll get paparazzi eventually. If you freeload, somebody will make you pay for it.
Q: But don’t they call, too? Don’t they call and say I’m going to be somewhere?
JM: Some people do, some people do, but THEY don’t, not all of them do, some people do.
Q: But you don’t put yourself out there in a situation where you’re going to be…
JM: Well exactly, you don’t get the free wine and cheese.
HM: But where you do go is the supermarket or wherever. You just live your life normally and it’s weird. If you do that, they absolutely have no interest in you whatsoever, if in fact you’re incredibly accessible, cause you’re just living your normal life, and then they don’t care.
JM: The thing is as well is that Tolstoy wasn’t just being, we’re talking about people getting “papped” for not a lot, but Tolstoy got “papped,” not even for just his incredible art, which was incredible, he got the equivalent of being “papped” for his spiritual and political teachings and I know Obama gets “papped” and all that, but Obama is a publicly elected official, with millions of dollars behind him, and a multi media blitzing campaign. Tolstoy just wrote stuff, and…
HM: And thought stuff…
JM: And thought stuff, yeah and it commanded the attention of not just the nation, the world, but certainly this huge nation.
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Jan 08,2010
James’ KTLA interview
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Jan 04,2010
Upcoming Jimmy Kimmel Live Appearance
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James will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live on January 8 with Tobey Maguire and music artist, Colbie Caillat.
