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It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted.

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
Actor
Film Director
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Stage Actor
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Perth
Scotland
Youth
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I would tend to be drawn to independent cinema as a viewer, probably more than the big blockbuster.
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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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No, I'm putting it away, trying to buy a house for my family. The goal is to use the money to move into a big house, so my daughter can have a garden.
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I've been waiting nearly twenty years to have my own light saber. Nothing's cooler than being a Jedi Knight.
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I've never worked with an acting coach, no.
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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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I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.
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I'm not really attracted to action sequences, because my experience is that it's quite a slow process to shoot them, and often we're not involved as actors.
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I certainly have no plans to leave London. It's a great town.
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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 think if you're going on thinking oh, I can do this with my eyes shut, then it's probably not the right thing to be doing, you know.
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I love music and I always seem to have a tune in my head.
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I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no.
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I believe that unless it's a scene where I'm alone, then of course I could do what I want but I think good acting is about what happens between people, not on your face and my face.
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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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