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Don't worry about telling your actor what to do.

Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
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If I'm playing music in front of people, I'll lose days to nerves like really wasted days of just like being terrified. And then when I get out there, generally speaking, I enjoy it very much. But it seems to be I have to accept the fact that that's just part of the deal for me. And I can't just run on and do it.
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Conservative's the last thing I am.
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In far Eastern Russia, there's just some towns that time has forgotten. I guess they used to maybe be industrial or something that are now there's just lots of rusty hulks of buildings and a lot of people wandering around, a lot of alcoholism and violence because people have got nothing to do and no work. Yet people were very generous.
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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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Isn't Halle Berry the most beautiful woman? I have a film I'd like to be in her with. I mean, I'd like to be with her in.
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I think theatre reminds us what we're doing as actors, because every night and every matinee day, you have an audience telling you what's working and what's not. And that's very good for us as actors to hone our skills.
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This middle-budget drama movies are just gone.
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If you want to produce really horrible, obnoxious kids, say yes to them all the time.
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I love music and I always seem to have a tune in my head.
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Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set.
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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 hate the word celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm an actor.
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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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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've been waiting nearly twenty years to have my own light saber. Nothing's cooler than being a Jedi Knight.
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There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.
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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've never worked with an acting coach, no.
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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 would tend to be drawn to independent cinema as a viewer, probably more than the big blockbuster.
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