Ewan McGregor Quotes
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I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.
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I wanted to make sure that I was making films about the world. So I thought well, I should go and see it. I'm spending a lot of time in - we call them caravans in Britain.
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If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've got something to fall back on, by the time you come out you don't have that 16-year-old drive any more and you'll spend your life doing something you never wanted to do in the first place.
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I think if you're going on thinking oh, I can do this with my eyes shut, then it's probably not the right thing to be doing, you know.
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A tent, a roll mat, a little bit of food, a bit of petrol in your tank and a vague idea of where you're going and that's all you need.
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I wanted to go and explore the world, I guess. And I suddenly thought well, I'll just do it.
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I believe that unless it's a scene where I'm alone, then of course I could do what I want but I think good acting is about what happens between people, not on your face and my face.
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There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.
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I’ve always been really uninterested in politicians and the acts of the Houses of Parliament, or government as an idea. But I’m interested in politics in that I’m a member of the world, and I have strong feelings of right and wrong, but I can’t get into the ins and outs of it.
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I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way.
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I played music all through school and I kind of performed that way.
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I don't think having separate bathrooms is a key to a successful marriage, if you love one another.
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The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.
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I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber.
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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.
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The script, I always believe, is the foundation of everything.
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Of course I voted for him. He wasn't a politician; he was a craze.
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I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did.
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I was with a friend of mine recently who was dying and while he was lying there with his family around his bed, I just knew that was it, that was the best you can hope for in life - to have your family and the people who love you around you at the end.
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I'm sometimes asked 'Can you lose the accent?'and I say 'No, but I can put on another one'.
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As a child I was taken to the pantomime or the theatre and I would always, always fall in love with somebody on the stage. And want to have sex with them.
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I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now, that would be interesting.
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No, I'm putting it away, trying to buy a house for my family. The goal is to use the money to move into a big house, so my daughter can have a garden.
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For the actors, there's something very important about that first showing of the scene to the crew, becomes like a little performance.