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Then, one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
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Film Director
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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 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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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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From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.
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UNICEF is doing amazing things here. They're helping these groups of kids to be mine aware, and using drama and workshops to teach children in all of the schools in the area to be aware of mines and what to do if they find one, and if somebody's hurt, not to rush in - all of the essential things that kids need to know.
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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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Starting with a party scene for 600 cast and end up singing on top of a giant elephant...does it get any better than this?
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Don't worry about telling your actor what to do.
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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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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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It's just fantastic to go out and meet people in the world and get to really remote places.
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It's impossible to put your finger on what that is exactly other than protecting the environment that the actors get to find the scenes and build the scenes and invest in them. I think that's key and that's what I've learned from all the great directors I've worked with.
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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 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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There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.
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Isn't Halle Berry the most beautiful woman? I have a film I'd like to be in her with. I mean, I'd like to be with her in.
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If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've got something to fall back on, by the time you come out you don't have that 16-year-old drive any more and you'll spend your life doing something you never wanted to do in the first place.
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Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.
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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 really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now, that would be interesting.
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