Ewan McGregor Quotes

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.

There's very few directors that know what that rehearsal's for. And often it's just about calming down the director. If he could see it or she sees it, she goes oh, it's going to be okay.

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

I'm doing my bit for the women's movement. The women have always been naked in movies, and now I'm just desperate to take my clothes off as much as possible.

There's nothing worse than shooting a scene you haven't rehearsed.

The script, I always believe, is the foundation of everything.

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?

I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber.

I`ve got a black woolen hat and it`s got Pervert written across the front of it. It`s the name of the clothing label. And I was with my wife and my baby at the supermarket and I didn`t think. I just put my hat on Clara`s head, because it was cold. And the looks. I couldn`t figure out why I was getting death looks. And then I realized my 10-month old baby`s wearing a hat with the word Pervert written on it and these people were like, `There`s Satan! There`s Satan out with his kid!` And then I made a point of her wearing it every time we went there.

I was forced to make the decision between art and music which are the only two things I liked as opposed to being able to do them both because that's what I was interested in.

If you're not engaged in the writing and it doesn't grab you then you just don't want to do it.

I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old.

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.

I don't do things lightly, I don't take a job then just phone it in, I've never done that.

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.

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.

I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now, that would be interesting.

I can't know what I'm going to do before I'm in front of the lens. And I think that sort of makes it exciting.

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.

I don't want to make decisions about what I'm going to do before I'm doing it because I base my acting off my partner and off the other people in the scene.

As fathers, we know what a force for life children can be. They represent all of our futures.

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.

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

If I want to do the kind of work that I like to act in, I need to open my mind to it.

UNICEF is doing amazing things here. They're helping these groups of kids to be mine aware, and using drama and workshops to teach children in all of the schools in the area to be aware of mines and what to do if they find one, and if somebody's hurt, not to rush in - all of the essential things that kids need to know.

The thing about parenting rules is there aren't any. That's what makes it so difficult.

I hate the word celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm an actor.

I think rehearsal can be important if it's done in a way that works. Often, rehearsal can be a waste of time.

Seasons may change winter to spring, but I love you until the end of time Come what may, come what may, I will love you until my dying day Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace Suddenly my life doesn’t seem such a waste, it all revolves around you. And there’s no mountain too high no river too wide Sing out this song and I’ll be there by your side Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide But I love you until the end of time

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.

I was determined to make working with UNICEF not just something that I did on the trip but something I'd do for the rest of my life

I’ve always been really uninterested in politicians and the acts of the Houses of Parliament, or government as an idea. But I’m interested in politics in that I’m a member of the world, and I have strong feelings of right and wrong, but I can’t get into the ins and outs of it.

Above all things I believe in love.

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

What matters most with any regimen, whether it's to lose weight or stop drinking or smoking, is your willingness to seek help and your desire to say 'no more.

This middle-budget drama movies are just gone.

For the actors, there's something very important about that first showing of the scene to the crew, becomes like a little performance.

I played music all through school and I kind of performed that way.

I'm not a superhero fan. I don't see those films. I'm not interested.

I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.

I started watching golf for the first time yesterday. I`m really worried about myself. I was actually enjoying it.

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.

Then, one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.

A million pounds sounds like a lot of money now that I'm saying it. But in terms of moviemaking, it's not a lot of money. And yet you can see what can be done with that, with the talent of a great cinematographer and great director and actors.

There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.

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.

Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set.

There's something that happens where you go, if you're lucky, goodness me, from film to another film to another film. And you can sort of feel that if you step off that treadmill, it might all go horribly wrong and you might never be employed again, you know. And I suddenly thought that that's not necessarily the case. And I also thought we make drama as actors about people in the world and that if you are on that treadmill, you start making films about other films.