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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.

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
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Don't worry about telling your actor what to do.
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