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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
Singer
Stage Actor
Voice Actor
Perth
Scotland
Youth
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When I moved to London, you could park your motorcycle in the pavement, on the sidewalk. We would stay here and just leave it and go about your business. But now something was sort of encroaching in London. There's cameras everywhere. You can't do anything. You're not allowed to be in a group.
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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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I'm not really a blockbuster, I'm not a member of that audience really.
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I love music and I always seem to have a tune in my head.
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I don't like the idea of not being able to knock about the town, you know.
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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 don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.
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