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Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
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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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