Jim Sturgess

“I never met Paul McCartney.”

“Definitely River Phoenix is somebody that I thought, 'This guy is very cool.' I wanted to be like him when I was a kid.”

“Certainly after '21' I was getting the opportunity to make a lot of money.”

“Most of my friends are from the music scene.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I moved to Manchester to join a band and ended up getting into acting, and I moved back to London to become an actor and ended up joining a band.”

“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.”

“'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.”

“Come on, you can't do a film about an upside-down world and not have an upside-down kiss!”

“In the world of independent filmmaking, you're never quite sure what's happening when and where.”

“I didn't want the words 'Spider-Man' attached to my name in any shape or form. Especially a singing one.”

“Home is here in London and always has been.”

“It's always interesting to me to tell stories that come from difficult political climates.”

“I'd always been quite wary of doing a romantic comedy. They all seem the same to me.”

“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 was quite naughty at school. I was always in the back of the class messing about with the Bunsen burner rather than paying attention.”

“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.”

“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.”

“British actors come at acting from a slightly different angle. Because a lot of the films are cast out there, they are so used to the angle from which the Americans, and certainly the young guys from L.A., are coming at it, that I think it's interesting for them to find these English actors who maybe approach acting from a different place.”