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I don't really like to know what I'm going to do before I do it.
Ewan McGregor
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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
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I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.
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I don't think having separate bathrooms is a key to a successful marriage, if you love one another.
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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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