Ewan McGregor Quotes
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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 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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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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Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set.
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I hate the word celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm an actor.
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Conservative's the last thing I am.
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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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You would never dream of going on to play a scene in front of an audience at least without having rehearsed it. But you do somehow in front of a camera.
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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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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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I'm a father of four girls and I know very much about the relationship between a father and his daughters.
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I love romance. It goes back to the films I watched as a kid.
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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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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 love exploring in a rehearsal room with other actors, scenes and you know, stuff you are scared of.
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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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When you've got a date on your calendar saying that you will be putting this in front of people in four weeks, that will get your nerves good, yeah.
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I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber.
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There's something very self-conscious about a writer who's addressing his reader. Don't do that.
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As fathers, we know what a force for life children can be. They represent all of our futures.
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Then, one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.
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I've never worked with an acting coach, no.
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The script, I always believe, is the foundation of everything.