Ewan McGregor Quotes
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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.
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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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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 like being told that's where you, you know, if you walk on set and somebody was "okay, you're here and you're going to walk over there on this line." And my reaction is always how do you know? How do you know that's what I'm going to do? How do any of us know?
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There's very few directors that know what that rehearsal's for. And often it's just about calming down the director. If he could see it or she sees it, she goes oh, it's going to be okay.
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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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UNICEF is doing amazing things here. They're helping these groups of kids to be mine aware, and using drama and workshops to teach children in all of the schools in the area to be aware of mines and what to do if they find one, and if somebody's hurt, not to rush in - all of the essential things that kids need to know.
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People are incredibly rude about it sometimes. Like "What? You're married?" Strange reaction to have. Proves what people's ideas about marriage are. "We're having a baby." "What?" As if it's the end of the world. Of course, it's the start of a brilliant world.
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I started watching golf for the first time yesterday. I`m really worried about myself. I was actually enjoying it.
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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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I don't want to make decisions about what I'm going to do before I'm doing it because I base my acting off my partner and off the other people in the scene.
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I won`t buy into the Hollywood thing...I want to be in good movies.
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You know, an audition usually is you come in and read the scene and if you're lucky, you get to read it twice.
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It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted.
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I would encourage you as a screenwriter to trust your story and don't make notes for the actors or don't make notes for the reader.
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No, no I'm not, no, but I just think... when people are naked it tells you a lot about their relationships.
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When you take the R sound out of French accent, and you just replace it with an R, it sounds Mexican.
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I don't do things lightly, I don't take a job then just phone it in, I've never done that.
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I especially love my Moto Guzzi.
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I was quite interested to do television series and I started exploring an idea of a longer commitment, a new idea, a new TV show that would've meant a longer commitment but I opened my mind up.
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I remember in Shallow Grave I remember a few times when we'd only have to do one take. But when you did have to do more than one, you'd build on the one you'd done.
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I certainly have no plans to leave London. It's a great town.
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...as an actor there`s nothing better than a great moody moment to play with nothing to say. It`s so much easier to do because you can really get inside your head.
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I think you know, to not open your mind to television is silly because there's so much good work happening on television.