Theo James Quotes

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

Let's see ... I have a thing for pretty legs. But most importantly, I like confident women.

I've had some strange notes from fans and a few weird gifts.

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

One of my fears would be getting torn apart by a great white shark. I love the ocean, but I always have this deep fear of getting torn apart by a great whitey.

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

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

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.

For better or worse we live in a very exposing [time] where, if you choose to, everyone can see everyone's business. You see what they're having for breakfast, where they are, what they're doing. Whereas I think that classic idea of mystery is very seductive. Not knowing every single thing about a person, what they're thinking, that's very powerful. And it would be a shame if we lost that totally.

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

New York police force seems like unlike any other in America and even the world. There's a very specific culture dynamic, a specific chemistry. There's almost a specific set of rules because of the city and the size of it.

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 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.

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

I'd love to do something where I played a musician.

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 fear in life, I don't have any kind of specifics like snakes or spiders or anything but I think if I was covered in buttermilk naked running down the street being chased by Gandalf, I'd say, or I don't know, I'm just making it up!

Every time I come, I'm still amazed at the breadth California has. Big Sur, Yosemite, the desert ... I love it.

You know what actors are like. You can sometimes be like, 'Darling, darling, we love each other,' but you don't really know them.

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

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

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

I did some British TV and bits and bobs here and there. I've been lucky.

I think the best way to become a character is by osmosis as opposed to thinking directly about stuff.

I don't think I believe in ghosts, per se. But, my nearest experience was when I went on a weekend away and was in a bar in England, years ago, with an ex-girlfriend. I heard this scratching. I was about to go to bed and I was thinking, 'It's an old ghost.' I could hear this noise, but I couldn't work out where it was coming from.

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

I know I often get a job because of how I look. I hope that I keep the job because of how I act.

Naturally, obviously, nudity is a part of life.

Sometimes the best parts are the leading men. But the little parts can be similarly gratifying.

Working with Woody Allen was extremely gratifying. He has such a vast catalog of great work that doing one of his films was somewhat unreal.

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've been part of five different bands in my time.

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

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.

Sometimes the nature of a big movie, the nature of the material, the scene doesn't have the richness that you'd want it to.