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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.

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
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Conservative's the last thing I am.
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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 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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