McAvoy slams 'fame hungry' actors

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James McAvoy has slammed fame-hungry actors who court a celebrity lifestyle.

The Atonement star claimed that those who insist on appearing at every glossy party run the risk of the public becoming more interested in their personal lives than their acting ability.

"There comes a point where, you just can’t watch an actor without... I just know so much about them. So how can I accept them in a role? There are just some people, they’re not actors to me. They’re chip paper. Just glossy paper," he told The Times.

"If I’m in a film, or a telly, or a play, then why should people come and see it? Because you know, they can just pick up some f***ing rubbish magazine, and see me in that."

McAvoy, who rose to fame in Channel 4's Shameless, most recently starred alongside Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman in 2008's Wanted.