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" I didn't want the words 'Spider-Man' attached to my name in any shape or form. Especially a singing one. "
Jim Sturgess
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" I'd always been quite wary of doing a romantic comedy. They all seem the same to me. "
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" After 'The Way Back,' which was so epic and so rich, it was like, 'What will I do now?' "
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" It's always interesting to me to tell stories that come from difficult political climates. "
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" When you meet somebody and you have an instant connection - why is that? Maybe you've met before? Maybe you've met in another life? Anything's possible. "
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" I'm drawn to cinema, especially when you're on a project that feels like it's going to be a challenge. "
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" I've probably written about three albums that no one will ever hear. "
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" You just try and do as much variation and as much difference and as much as possible, so you put yourself out there to try anything, really. As long as you feel you're going to get something out of the experience, it's all worth it. "
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" When I was younger, I looked to actors like they were from another planet. You couldn't believe you could be anywhere near that world. It was exciting. I kind of like that. "
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" Sometimes you read a script, and you just think, 'Wow, I would love to go and tell that story, and I don't even care what happens to the film, I would just love that experience.' And often, that mentality makes a great film. "
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" Definitely River Phoenix is somebody that I thought, 'This guy is very cool.' I wanted to be like him when I was a kid. "
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" It was when '21' came out. I was in Los Angeles and my face was everywhere: on buses, on posters, on the side of buildings. I didn't feel that blown away by it. I was still hungry to prove myself. I realised that quite quickly, that I had to find something that challenged me from an acting point of view. "
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" I could see when I was filming '21' that it was going to go a direction I wasn't comfortable with it going. "
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" Certainly after '21' I was getting the opportunity to make a lot of money. "
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" British actors come at acting from a slightly different angle. Because a lot of the films are cast out there, they are so used to the angle from which the Americans, and certainly the young guys from L.A., are coming at it, that I think it's interesting for them to find these English actors who maybe approach acting from a different place. "
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" In the world of independent filmmaking, you're never quite sure what's happening when and where. "
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" You find most of the interesting stories are the ones that are slightly harder to get made. "
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" I'm not an outdoors person by instinct or nature. I'm more of a city person. "
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" Come on, you can't do a film about an upside-down world and not have an upside-down kiss! "
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" Love is such a powerful subject matter because it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. It's about timing, fate, failure, redemption. "
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" You finish a project and start looking for something that might interest you. A lot of the films I've made are a reaction to something I've done right before. "
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" I never met Paul McCartney. "
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