Ewan McGregor Quotes
I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image in their mind, but words aren't good at that.
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I started off in journalism 16 years ago in Stockholm, and I wrote for a few different publications for many years. I've also worked in advertising as a copywriter and creative director, but I changed it for architecture at 25 years old.
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I can tell you Kristen Hager is one of my all time favorite people to work with ever and one of the greatest scene partners, and I'm such a lucky guy.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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The American people have a right to know the source of the money that is being spent. They should be told who is behind the millions of dollars in campaign ads, and they should receive this information before they vote.
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I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women in Comedy Festival, I was thrilled.
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When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that you're suddenly eager to know him or her even better.
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I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, I've wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?
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Personal style is not something that is just in the air. It is something you have and that you apply to yourself.
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When I was 12 years old, I went to swim in a lake, and I almost died in that lake because the water was too deep - much deeper than I thought.
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Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation.
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My brother was going to go to England to wrestle, but then we found out they were opening a wrestling school in Bray, County Wicklow. I thought, 'I'll go along and try that.'
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Writing isn't about the process. It is about creating. The joy comes not from the process but from the creation.
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No one can deny the excitement of visiting another world.
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My experience has confirmed the wisdom of so much of what the Bible teaches.
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We rejoice in all the Savior has done for us. He has made it possible for each of us to gain our salvation and exaltation.
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An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.
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HBO exists because people must have a place to say "f***" on television as many times as they can.
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The point is to be OK with your stuttering - and meet adults who stutter who are doctors and lawyers and engineers.
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Acting is one element in a film. Directing is sort of the painter using all of those elements - sound and music and camera and putting it all together. And that can be fun and exciting. If you fail, it's incredibly upsetting - much more upsetting than when you're an actor. But when you succeed it's incredibly, incredibly exciting, so I like the risk of it all.
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I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.
