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Ewan Mcgregor Inspirational Quotes (83)

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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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There are people who are younger than I who are more uptight than I am. It's not necessarily an age thing. I mean nobody is offering me 20-year old leads any more.
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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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It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust.
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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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I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now, that would be interesting.
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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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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 played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.
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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 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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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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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.
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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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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'm not really a blockbuster, I'm not a member of that audience really.
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My heart aches completely, every hour, every day, and only when I'm with you does the pain go away.
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Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There's no sense of something earned. I'm sorry, but when you're 12, you don't need a new cell phone every few months just because a new one comes out.
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It is always a nice feeling when you are challenged by a scene and you walk out of trailer and you go on set going I don't know. And then half an hour later you're walking back.
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I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber.
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When I moved to London, you could park your motorcycle in the pavement, on the sidewalk. We would stay here and just leave it and go about your business. But now something was sort of encroaching in London. There's cameras everywhere. You can't do anything. You're not allowed to be in a group.
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Then, one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.
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I like the idea of being a sculptor. Just me alone, making something - that solitary existence.
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