Jim Sturgess
Jim Sturgess
James Anthony "Jim" Sturgess is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His breakthrough role was appearing as Jude in the musical romance drama film Across the Universe. In 2008, he played the male lead role of Ben Campbell in 21. In 2009, he played Gavin Kossef in the crime drama Crossing Over, appearing with Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd. In 2010, Sturgess starred in the film, The Way Back, directed by Peter Weir. Sturgess co-starred in the German epic...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth16 May 1978
drawn feels project
I'm drawn to cinema, especially when you're on a project that feels like it's going to be a challenge.
films interest might project reaction
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.
After 'The Way Back,' which was so epic and so rich, it was like, 'What will I do now?'
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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.
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As you wake up to sort of Morocco coming to life, and you drive a two hour journey through the desert as the sun is rising over the sand dunes... I saw landscapes and visual stuff that I'll never forget. It was special.
deal spend time
To spend time with Ed Harris... he's an acting hero of mine, so that's a big deal for me.
instant life maybe met somebody
When you meet somebody and you have an instant connection - why is that? Maybe you've met before? Maybe you've met in another life? Anything's possible.
You find most of the interesting stories are the ones that are slightly harder to get made.
care experience great happens love mentality
Sometimes you read a script, and you just think, 'Wow, I would love to go and tell that story, and I don't even care what happens to the film, I would just love that experience.' And often, that mentality makes a great film.
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It was when '21' came out. I was in Los Angeles and my face was everywhere: on buses, on posters, on the side of buildings. I didn't feel that blown away by it. I was still hungry to prove myself. I realised that quite quickly, that I had to find something that challenged me from an acting point of view.
attached shape
I didn't want the words 'Spider-Man' attached to my name in any shape or form. Especially a singing one.
I could see when I was filming '21' that it was going to go a direction I wasn't comfortable with it going.
quite romantic wary
I'd always been quite wary of doing a romantic comedy. They all seem the same to me.
certainly money opportunity
Certainly after '21' I was getting the opportunity to make a lot of money.