"We read him and then a couple of other actors. He just, you know, he's just so good you just can't help
but love him. When he smiles, you smile and when cries, you cry. It's something quite weird. I don't know what it is, and I can't define it, and I
don't know if I want to define it…because it's just an idea. But he's, yeah…I've been aware of him a
while."
Here's what Forest Whitaker said about him:
"I've tried to describe James McAvoy's performance in 'Atonement' to people. It gets me in my throat. James is very
reserved. There's an internal smile, and he has an interesting wit underneath everything that he does. But when he has to live in those moments where he
goes into uncharted waters, he does it completely. He completely commits himself to those moments. The word is 'authentic.' The emotions he plays are
so large inside, and he expresses what is going on internally externally.
Credit for this find goes to rst at JMO.
Are there any more sides you might've forgotten about there,
Paula?
