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Actors don't like to read what they're supposed to do.

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
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I love film people and actors and I am in the right world because I am one of those people.
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It's just fantastic to go out and meet people in the world and get to really remote places.
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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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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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There are people who are younger than I who are more uptight than I am. It's not necessarily an age thing. I mean nobody is offering me 20-year old leads any more.
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Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There's no sense of something earned. I'm sorry, but when you're 12, you don't need a new cell phone every few months just because a new one comes out.
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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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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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I don't think having separate bathrooms is a key to a successful marriage, if you love one another.
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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 think you know, to not open your mind to television is silly because there's so much good work happening on television.
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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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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 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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My heart aches completely, every hour, every day, and only when I'm with you does the pain go away.
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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.
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I fight cynicism. It`s too easy. It`s really boring. It`s much harder to be positive and see the wonder of everything. Cynicism is a bunch of people who aren`t as talented as other people, knocking them because they make them feel even more untalented.
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I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did.
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Then, one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.
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