A biography for Theo Jameshasn’t been written yet.
“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'd love to do something where I played a musician.”
“New York cops are very specific in terms of the way they talk and the way they handle themselves.”
“I find sharing intimate details with people that you don't know an interesting concept. I like to keep some things to myself.”
“I know there's Brooklyn and all the boroughs, but Manhattan specifically is so condensed that the energy is very vibrant. Everywhere you look there is something happening.”
“'Divergent' is a story about people who don't fit into a category - that is a big part of the message - but it's also about conformity and forcing people into these simple archetypes. At the end of the day, humans don't exist like that. We're multifaceted.”
“I'm a bit of a dude. I like meat. But I am buying it more responsibly, where it's more sourced responsibly.”
“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.”
“It's frustrating we still don't see more movies featuring strong women.”
“You question, as anybody should, the overarching worth of your profession, right? So that's a question I've often asked myself.”
“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 think the best way to become a character is by osmosis as opposed to thinking directly about stuff.”
“If you don't finish a day of stunts with a lot of bruises, you feel like you haven't done it right.”
“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.”
“There were times I when I'd go out and have some fun, but I wouldn't say I was a 'playa.'”
“While I find my job as an actor challenging, I also think that there's fun in that challenge.”
“I was in the school plays, I did a lot of music. I carried on through university for short films and loads of plays.”
“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.”
“Read more. Read every time you go to bed; read in the day - because at least, reading a book, you can't be distracted by anything else.”
“I want diversity in what I do, as that's what helps you in the long term. It's more fulfilling, and you'll have a longer shelf life as an actor.”