Ewan McGregor Quotes
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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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If I'm playing music in front of people, I'll lose days to nerves like really wasted days of just like being terrified. And then when I get out there, generally speaking, I enjoy it very much. But it seems to be I have to accept the fact that that's just part of the deal for me. And I can't just run on and do it.
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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 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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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 go and explore the world, I guess. And I suddenly thought well, I'll just do it.
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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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I was born in '71, so I remember bits of glam rock on 'Top of the Pops' toward the late '70s, but I had no idea what kind of world it was. I didn't like the music, either.
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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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I'm sometimes asked 'Can you lose the accent?'and I say 'No, but I can put on another one'.
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I fight cynicism. It`s too easy. It`s really boring. It`s much harder to be positive and see the wonder of everything. Cynicism is a bunch of people who aren`t as talented as other people, knocking them because they make them feel even more untalented.
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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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There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.
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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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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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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 would tend to be drawn to independent cinema as a viewer, probably more than the big blockbuster.
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Of course I voted for him. He wasn't a politician; he was a craze.
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Seasons may change winter to spring, but I love you until the end of time Come what may, come what may, I will love you until my dying day Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace Suddenly my life doesn’t seem such a waste, it all revolves around you. And there’s no mountain too high no river too wide Sing out this song and I’ll be there by your side Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide But I love you until the end of time.
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The other two things are... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better.
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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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I am so honoured to have been given this opportunity to become an Ambassador. It's a new and different venture for me and one that I know will widen my wider perspective on life. I'm in a position to use the recognition from my work to do something really positive for children.
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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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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.