Quotes from Jamie Bell

I'm awkward around girls.

I go into meetings with some film-makers and they literally have nothing to say, they're almost bored by their own material. I'd rather work with people who are very passionate and very animated about what they want to do. People who just want to tell stories.

I never really sympathised with Peter Parker.

I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own.

I'll tell you what I hate - bands like My Chemical Romance.

My favourite superhero is obviously Batman because he's the sexiest. But I can't imagine myself as Batman.

Indiana Jones is very much an old-world kind of hero. He doesn't really have any kind of superpower or rely on any kind of technology to help him out of things.

Sometimes great things come from doing things quickly and not over-thinking stuff.

It's hard to incorporate dance into movies I think.

I had teen angst for a while, but I think every teenager has the angst.

I love the old Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies they're so beautiful to look at. It's such a shame we don't make them anymore. Although, I don't know how you could make tap dancing current and topical.

Indiana Jones is very much an old-world kind of hero. He doesn't really have any kind of superpower or rely on any kind of technology to help him out of things.

What's weird is that I work with these directors and then I start channeling them. I kind of turn into them a bit - which is cool when you're working with Clint Eastwood.

I hate the stereotype of the pitfalls of the child actor. There are so many amazing examples - Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore - of people who have made it through.

I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own.

Surfing isn't really in my blood. It's hard to catch a big wave in Billingham.

You just have to surround yourself with people who are going to support and love you before trying to sell you as a product, or push you into something you don't want to do.

New York is full of crazy people, and I like that.

Saying "muff" to someone and trying to be romantic is incredibly difficult.

We're kind of in a voyeuristic world. We have TV shows that are all about watching people do weird things in houses. People are obsessed with that. There's live coverage of it.

Dancing is like riding a bike.

Tap dancing is all about the feet; you put your head down and don't really engage with anything but the rhythm in your head.

I tap dance.

What's weird is that I work with these directors and then I start channeling them. I kind of turn into them a bit - which is cool when you're working with Clint Eastwood.