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I don't like being told that's where you, you know, if you walk on set and somebody was okay, you're here and you're going to walk over there on this line. And my reaction is always how do you know? How do you know that's what I'm going to do? How do any of us know?

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
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