Words matter. These are the best Jim Sturgess Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I could see when I was filming ’21’ that it was going to go a direction I wasn’t comfortable with it going.
I was quite naughty at school. I was always in the back of the class messing about with the Bunsen burner rather than paying attention.
Love is such a powerful subject matter because it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. It’s about timing, fate, failure, redemption.
I’m not an outdoors person by instinct or nature. I’m more of a city person.
Certainly after ’21’ I was getting the opportunity to make a lot of money.
Definitely River Phoenix is somebody that I thought, ‘This guy is very cool.’ I wanted to be like him when I was a kid.
As you wake up to sort of Morocco coming to life, and you drive a two hour journey through the desert as the sun is rising over the sand dunes… I saw landscapes and visual stuff that I’ll never forget. It was special.
The films that I really liked and the ones that really blew my mind when I was younger were independent films. They’re like great records to me.
I never met Paul McCartney.
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.
I really don’t like the idea of people knowing what I am doing. I find telling everybody what you had for breakfast is really uninspiring.
I’ve probably written about three albums that no one will ever hear.
I didn’t want the words ‘Spider-Man’ attached to my name in any shape or form. Especially a singing one.
It’s always interesting to me to tell stories that come from difficult political climates.
Come on, you can’t do a film about an upside-down world and not have an upside-down kiss!
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.
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.
Out of every 10 scripts I get sent, seven are fairly generic about an American guy who gets the girl and is involved in underground espionage activity.
I’d always been quite wary of doing a romantic comedy. They all seem the same to me.
In the world of independent filmmaking, you’re never quite sure what’s happening when and where.
I’m drawn to cinema, especially when you’re on a project that feels like it’s going to be a challenge.
‘Upside Down’ is a fantasy love story. It’s about love at first sight – when you just fall in love instantly and will battle any obstacle to be with that girl.
It kind of sounds pretentious, but a film I find deeply romantic is ‘Buffalo ’66,’ which is a film by Vincent Gallo. It’s about how you break down all those barriers and expose yourself and open yourself up to ultimately being hurt.
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.
There are times when I feel incredibly loved and connected, and times when I feel alone. I think that’s natural for all of us.
