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" We're in a world where masculinity, especially with these big spectacle movies, is often pushed by rippling six packs and forcing an image down someone's throat trying to prove masculinity. Whereas I think true masculinity comes from having a strong sense of self. "

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" I have the same friends I've had for years and the same family. Unless you love rock n' roll and Hollywood parties and having your photo taken, I don't think necessarily things need to change too much. "

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Friends

Family

" In Britain, you do your job. When you do an American TV show, there is a sense of being one with the crew, and there is a leadership element, which was a learning curve for me because it is very different culturally. In Britain, you just do it, leave and say, 'Thanks.' "

Theo James

Job

American

" You question, as anybody should, the overarching worth of your profession, right? So that's a question I've often asked myself. "

" If you don't finish a day of stunts with a lot of bruises, you feel like you haven't done it right. "

" I always think that you finish one movie, you start a new one, and you think, 'OK. I did that last one. Now I've learned. I know how this works.' Then by the end of the movie, you think, 'No, I don't, really.' "

" I'm a pessimist by nature, so I don't believe something until someone has kind of punched me over the head with it. "

" I saw 'Captain America' in 3D. It's cool. I liked the beginning. It's a really good setup. "

" I'm a bit of a dude. I like meat. But I am buying it more responsibly, where it's more sourced responsibly. "

Theo James

Meat

" Inherently, I'm not a huge extrovert, so I actually find interviews and all the glamour to be a bit challenging sometimes. "

" Everybody has a bit of body armor they wear to protect themselves, and love is about trying to break it down. You have to see who a person really is and connect with her to break that armor. "

" Sprinting for a full day in Atlanta in midsummer proved very challenging. That humidity is crazy. Georgia is a beautiful state, but the weather is intense. I was warned, but for some reason I thought it would be like L.A. in the summer. The reality? No. "

" My obsession is plastic packaging. It makes me sick, all the waste. Everything about it disappoints me. "

Theo James

Everything

Sick

" People say that New Yorkers aren't friendly, but I think they're more friendly than Londoners. Here there is a front-footed nature of Americans. You can go out on a night out and meet 10 random people and stay in touch with them, whereas that's not going to happen in the same way in London. "

" While I find my job as an actor challenging, I also think that there's fun in that challenge. "

" Diving into Internet speculation is like playing with the devil. It's tempting, of course. "

" To me, the difference between New York and London is that things are boring and staid in London. "

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New York

London

" What I like about the 'Underworld' thing is that it's a mix of cool genres, as well as creating its own message. "

" I was in New Zealand and met this girl. Her sister dared me to bungee jump, so I did! It was a spur-of-the-moment decision - I wanted to impress the girl, and it worked! We were in a relationship after that. "

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Sister

Relationship

" I had a pretty steep learning curve in film - as I'm still learning. "

" I find sharing intimate details with people that you don't know an interesting concept. I like to keep some things to myself. "

" I've got two brothers and two sisters, so there's five of us and we're all very close, which is cool. "

Theo James

Got

Brothers

" I did my share of kid acting, like lots of us do. I even played King Herod when I was 6, but when I got to the end of my school period, that was it. "

" 'Divergent' is a story about people who don't fit into a category - that is a big part of the message - but it's also about conformity and forcing people into these simple archetypes. At the end of the day, humans don't exist like that. We're multifaceted. "

" I watched 'The Shield.' That was a big show for me. "

" I just like being present. "

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Being

Just

" New York cops are very specific in terms of the way they talk and the way they handle themselves. "

" I try to use public transport, always. "

" I was in the school plays, I did a lot of music. I carried on through university for short films and loads of plays. "

" Read more. Read every time you go to bed; read in the day - because at least, reading a book, you can't be distracted by anything else. "

" I was thinking recently, I've always loved the ocean. If I could do it all again, I might do an oceanography degree. You can do ocean archaeology, and I thought that might be fascinating to do - man-made structures, where the sea has risen above the structures. "