Quotes from Jamie Bell

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

Music is pretty therapeutic.

I think everyone still thinks I'm 13.

I actually don't mind rats at all. I kind of think they're quite cute, but that's just me.

I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it's real, and you're really there.

I've just been blessed to work with these really great people.

Well, I am obsessive about my work. I throw myself in all the way.

I wanted to be a journalist for a long time.

Any time you can completely immerse yourself in something it's fun.

It's hard to define somebody by one movie. I mean, unfortunately, my entire life was basically made by Billy Elliot. It was kind of created by that one catalytic moment.

Your credit card, your inbox, your Hotmail.com are not particularly secure. We are being watched; it's just a part of life.

I don't think many people can say they've been the lead in a Spielberg film and still been able to live their normal life that they had before.

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.

If the right thing came along at the right time, it would be an enormous kind of challenge.

Every interview I do, it's basically 'how did he do it,' and I owe it all to my representation, and my manager is basically like my mother, she's so picky.

If you have created an image of yourself at 13 and it is still with you at 17, it needs to be dropped.

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

I love anything that kind of removes me from myself and employs something else. So, I love accents and I love pretending.

I love documentaries. It's actually my favorite medium of film.

My characters are often without a significant parental figure.

I lost my mind at 15. I'd been shown a world where there were no boundaries, where everyone gave me all the power. And I was like, 'This is great!' Then that was gone. But I was like, 'Yeah, but I still want that.' I'd lost my humble, very quiet, introverted sensibilities which I think I definitely had as a kid.

I've got lots of weird illustrations of me from Japanese fans.

Everyone is slowly catching on to this one - and I know everyone says this - but we need to make a little more effort with the environment. Everyone says they turn off their lights, but do they really?

I often find the smaller, independent films are much more rewarding than the bigger stuff, but you do the bigger stuff because it's a business, and you've got to show your face a bit, get yourself around.