Ewan McGregor Quotes

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Ewan McGregor

Profession : Actor

Birth : March 31, 1971

So, no, I'm not trying to crack into Hollywood, although I'll make films there if they're good scripts.

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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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Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew.

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I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long.

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I've never been one who agonizes over my work.

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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 think the script is the key. Regardless of how great everybody else is working on a film, if you're working on a script that you don't think is great, you're not gonna be able to make a great film. Whereas if the script is great, then you can.

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You can be playing a line some way and the director wants you to change that, or you can disagree. But I always think that the creative conversation between director and actor is what leads to good work.

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I like the idea of being a sculptor. Just me alone, making something - that solitary existence.

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For all of the hurtling towards climate change, there's also a lot more understanding of it than there was when we were kids. They don't call environmentalists tree huggers any more, so there's hope!

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I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?

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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 found my partner, my life partner, and I really am in love with my wife, and we have a lovely time, and we share a long history together and children together, and that's it.

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The thing about parenting rules is there aren't any. That's what makes it so difficult.

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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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The film I like the best is always the one I'm working on now or next.

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Drama school can't make you a brilliant actor, but you can do stuff for three years - you're not going to be fired. You should just go for it all, even the stuff you think is codswallop.

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I'm lucky enough that financially I don't have to feel obliged to go for the bigger stuff. I like the stories and scripts to dictate if I want to do them.

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Sometimes I feel like doing smaller budget stuff. When I did 'Young Adam', for instance, I'd come out of 'Black Hawk Down' and 'The Island', and I really wanted to be on a small film set. I wanted to be on something intimate and small again, and then 'Young Adam' cropped up in a pile of scripts I was sent.

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I think it's quite tricky for actors to release albums. It's difficult, because I'm an actor, you know, I'm not a musician. I love singing, but I don't have a big repertoire of songs that I've written; I mean, I've got a few, but nothing that I could fill an album with, and I don't want to do it just for the sake of it.

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