Ewan McGregor Quotes
Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours.
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Every dude needs a well tailored suit. I'd say well tailored suit, a leather jacket, and a pair of jeans that really fit are vital in your wardrobe.
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I don't choose to make movies as small as the movies I've made. The combined budget of my two films is far under $5 million, but it's just by necessity that it ends up being that way.
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I grew up in a funeral home, born and raised, and everyone was always like, 'Well, what was that like?' and I was like, 'It was normal', because it's all I knew.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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Oil is ancient wealth in the ground.
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I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.
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I always put on M.A.C. Prep and Primer before anything.
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Steven Tyler isn't in Aerosmith anymore, but his gravestone will probably say something about Aerosmith.
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The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.
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Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. … This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it.
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I haven't seen a quarterback play a perfect game yet.
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Playing a real-life character is a challenge and a huge responsibility.
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You should never turn your back on the market that gave you notoriety and be who you are and give you the numbers it gives you in the United States. I can't deny that the success I've had in the United States or the success that 'Pulling Strings' was due to my work in Latin America.
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I'm a pretty normal person outside of the film world. It doesn't really affect me when I'm at school or with my mates.
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The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.
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Usually, I think, every film I've made has been a book, and I've always read it.
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In my regular life, I don't really wear much makeup unless I'm going out.
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I'm not American. I still have my Japanese citizenship.
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A lot of us got into the industry because of 'Star Wars,' and we all have this love of the original source material.
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Since I've stopped drinking I'm way better at singing. I can project my voice better. I can actually walk on stage and make eye contact with the audience, which I never used to know how to do in the past. So, it's made a huge difference for me.
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Manners are nothing more than thinking about somebody else.
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Improvisational things about picture-making... learned from working with the small camera early on have served me well in being able to think quickly when making [portraits].
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Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours.
