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I would encourage you as a screenwriter to trust your story and don't make notes for the actors or don't make notes for the reader.

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
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I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.
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I think if you're going on thinking oh, I can do this with my eyes shut, then it's probably not the right thing to be doing, you know.
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I believe that unless it's a scene where I'm alone, then of course I could do what I want but I think good acting is about what happens between people, not on your face and my face.
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UNICEF is successfully giving children and young people all over the world opportunities and hope. Just like the ones we met on the Long Way Down - protecting them from exploitation and giving them chances in life.
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I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way.
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This middle-budget drama movies are just gone.
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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 think rehearsal can be important if it's done in a way that works. Often, rehearsal can be a waste of time.
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I am so honoured to have been given this opportunity to become an Ambassador. It's a new and different venture for me and one that I know will widen my wider perspective on life. I'm in a position to use the recognition from my work to do something really positive for children
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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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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'm sometimes asked 'Can you lose the accent?'and I say 'No, but I can put on another one'.
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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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I don't think having separate bathrooms is a key to a successful marriage, if you love one another.
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I trained in the theatre and I love the theatre. I get such a thrill seeing anything in the theatre.
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