As I get older, I want to do more films for kids because they're the best audience around. Just putting a smile on a kid's face is the best thing.

— James McAvoy

At the heart of every perfect Christmas movie is the threat, I suppose, to Christmas. Something is wrong with Christmas, in all of these movies. In 'The Polar Express,' there's a kid that doesn't really believe, and that's the threat to Christmas. In 'Santa Claus: The Movie,' jealousy and greed are threatening to overrun his Christmas.

— James McAvoy

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

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

Fear is really powerful it's really useful to me.

— James McAvoy

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

I'd like to keep work and life. It means you've got your life to come back to, somewhere to come home to at night that isn't invaded by your day.

— James McAvoy

I don't know if anybody's ever ready for another award season. It's kind of like Christmas.

— James McAvoy

If you don't have the good fortune to work a lot then you take any job you get offered, whether it's a good job, fun job, a bad job, horrible job, whatever, you just take what you need to take. But I'm lucky in that - at the moment anyway and hopefully forever, but who knows - I get the chance to pick jobs for the kick of it and the fun.

— James McAvoy

I love Christmas. I never used to. Furthermore, I didn't hate it, but I could take it or leave it. But, as I got to the age of 25 or 26, Christmas became quite a big deal, and I love it now. I love the food, and I love sharing time with people.

— James McAvoy