Quote

When you take the R sound out of French accent, and you just replace it with an R, it sounds Mexican.

Ewan McGregor

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
Actor
Film Director
Singer
Stage Actor
Voice Actor
Perth
Scotland
French
Sounds
Sound
Take
Accent
Replace
Accents
Mexican

More quotes by Ewan McGregor

Image
This middle-budget drama movies are just gone.
Ewan McGregor
Image
I was born in '71, so I remember bits of glam rock on 'Top of the Pops' toward the late '70s, but I had no idea what kind of world it was. I didn't like the music, either.
Ewan McGregor
Image
You would never dream of going on to play a scene in front of an audience at least without having rehearsed it. But you do somehow in front of a camera.
Ewan McGregor
Image
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.
Ewan McGregor
Image
Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.
Ewan McGregor
Image
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.
Ewan McGregor
Image
I love exploring in a rehearsal room with other actors, scenes and you know, stuff you are scared of.
Ewan McGregor
Image
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.
Ewan McGregor
Image
I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did.
Ewan McGregor
Image
Don't worry about telling your actor what to do.
Ewan McGregor
Image
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.
Ewan McGregor
Image
Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours.
Ewan McGregor
Image
I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber.
Ewan McGregor
Image
When you've got a date on your calendar saying that you will be putting this in front of people in four weeks, that will get your nerves good, yeah.
Ewan McGregor
Image
If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've got something to fall back on, by the time you come out you don't have that 16-year-old drive any more and you'll spend your life doing something you never wanted to do in the first place.
Ewan McGregor
Image
I've sort of done a play every four or five years I guess if I look back in my career. And I think that's good.
Ewan McGregor
Image
From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.
Ewan McGregor
Image
There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.
Ewan McGregor
Image
I don't do things lightly, I don't take a job then just phone it in, I've never done that.
Ewan McGregor
Image
I'm not a superhero fan. I don't see those films. I'm not interested.
Ewan McGregor