Jamie Bell
Jamie Bell
Andrew James Matfin Bell is an English actor and dancer who rose to prominence for his debut role in Billy Elliotfor which he won the BAFTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He is also known for his roles in the films King Kong, Jumper, The Adventures of Tintin, and Snowpiercer, as well as starring as Abraham Woodhull in the TV series, Turn: Washington's Spies. He portrayed The Thing in the 2015 film Fantastic Four...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth14 March 1986
CityBillingham, England
That's just a much more enjoyable and motivating experience for me, when I can see people who are just as obsessed with the idea as I am.
Wherever the good work is I'll go.
I'm proud of my works. But there's not one thing that I can put my finger on and say, "That is my greatest achievement. That's my proudest moment." That's so tricky to me.
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.
I think I have much more appreciation for directing and movies overall versus a performance or an actor. Their body of work is more interesting.
Sometimes great things come from doing things quickly and not over-thinking stuff.
Let's say that you commit a crime, you get caught, you might get sent to prison. It's going to be bad. But if you get caught spying, you're literally hanged the next morning.
Your credit card, your inbox, your Hotmail.com are not particularly secure. We are being watched; it's just a part of life.
I'm just a small guy so if I'd dropped any more weight it would have been a bit ridiculous.
If the right thing came along at the right time, it would be an enormous kind of challenge.
I think movie making can sometimes make you lazy in your approach. Occasionally you'll be shooting a scene and it's not even your coverage but you'll catch yourself slipping away and you'll see your mind going somewhere else. But you just can't afford to do that on stage.
When I see people talking about TV, they're way more animated, way more passionate than when they talk about films.
I think as English people, we don't want to be reminded that at one point we ruled three-quarters of the globe, and now we're a very small country that doesn't own three-quarters of the globe.
I think it was the sense that Turn is a spy thriller, and that's a genre that really fascinates me, in general.