Ewan McGregor Quotes
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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 certainly have no plans to leave London. It's a great town.
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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.
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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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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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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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I`ve got a black woolen hat and it`s got Pervert written across the front of it. It`s the name of the clothing label. And I was with my wife and my baby at the supermarket and I didn`t think. I just put my hat on Clara`s head, because it was cold. And the looks. I couldn`t figure out why I was getting death looks. And then I realized my 10-month old baby`s wearing a hat with the word Pervert written on it and these people were like, `There`s Satan! There`s Satan out with his kid!` And then I made a point of her wearing it every time we went there.
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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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...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 started watching golf for the first time yesterday. I`m really worried about myself. I was actually enjoying it.
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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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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've always like sort of, as an actor, I'm drawn to exploring how we are as human beings in given situations and how we act and how we react and what makes us tick.
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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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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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Actors don't like to read what they're supposed to do.
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I love film people and actors and I am in the right world because I am one of those people.
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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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There's something that happens where you go, if you're lucky, goodness me, from film to another film to another film. And you can sort of feel that if you step off that treadmill, it might all go horribly wrong and you might never be employed again, you know. And I suddenly thought that that's not necessarily the case. And I also thought we make drama as actors about people in the world and that if you are on that treadmill, you start making films about other films.
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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'm always interested in playing different people, in different situationsIt doesn't matter to me whether someone is in love with a man or a woman. I find the idea of love and romance interesting. I'm a sucker for it. I like playing someone who's falling in love because I like the sensation of it. People do extraordinary things when they're falling in love.
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As fathers, we know what a force for life children can be. They represent all of our futures.