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There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
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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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I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now, that would be interesting.
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My heart aches completely, every hour, every day, and only when I'm with you does the pain go away.
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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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