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I hate the word celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm an actor.

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
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You would never dream of going on to play a scene in front of an audience at least without having rehearsed it. But you do somehow in front of a camera.
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I played music all through school and I kind of performed that way.
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I've never worked with an acting coach, no.
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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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For the actors, there's something very important about that first showing of the scene to the crew, becomes like a little performance.
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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'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 love exploring in a rehearsal room with other actors, scenes and you know, stuff you are scared of.
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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 would tend to be drawn to independent cinema as a viewer, probably more than the big blockbuster.
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I love music and I always seem to have a tune in my head.
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I was with a friend of mine recently who was dying and while he was lying there with his family around his bed, I just knew that was it, that was the best you can hope for in life - to have your family and the people who love you around you at the end.
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It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust.
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I'm sent a script. I read the script. If I love it, I want to do it. And that's it I don't care who's in it, how much money is behind it, really to an extent who's directing it.
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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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The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.
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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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I'm not a superhero fan. I don't see those films. I'm not interested.
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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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