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I played music all through school and I kind of performed that way.

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
Actor
Film Director
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Scotland
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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've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.
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I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber.
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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 theatre reminds us what we're doing as actors, because every night and every matinee day, you have an audience telling you what's working and what's not. And that's very good for us as actors to hone our skills.
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My feeling about seeing the world is that its going to change you necessarily, just the very fact of being out there and meeting people from different cultures and different ways of life.
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There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.
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