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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I think it's really important for celebrities to use their power of money and fame to get their voices out there. It's funny to me that we're expected to keep quiet just because of who we are. Why do I lose my right to speak my mind because I'm famous?
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You may be basing a portion of your self-worth on your bank account without even realizing it. Try to pinpoint the activities and qualities that, free of charge, fulfill you.
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The Indian film industry is very, very vibrant. It is a mix like it is in Hollywood - there is a lot of highly commercial cinema.
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For me, what fun means is finding novelty in the suffocating familiarity of ordinary life.
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Mr. [John] Barrymore's smile was the smile of an actor who hates actors, and who knows that he is going to kill two or three before the play is over. I am not an actor-killer, but I like my Hamlets to dislike actors, if you know what I mean, and I think you don't.
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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.
