Ewan McGregor Quotes

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.

Above all things I believe in love.

My heart aches completely, every hour, every day, and only when I'm with you does the pain go away.

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

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.

I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?

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

...as an actor there's nothing better than a great moody moment to play with nothing to say. It's so much easier to do because you can really get inside your head.

I find politicians so desperately boring. I don't trust them and don't believe in them.

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.

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

Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew.

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

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

Of course I voted for him. He wasn't a politician; he was a craze.

I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.

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

I love skiing, scuba diving and hang-gliding.

I'm not really a blockbuster, I'm not a member of that audience really.

A tent, a roll mat, a little bit of food, a bit of petrol in your tank and a vague idea of where you're going and that's all you need.

I like the idea of being a sculptor. Just me alone, making something - that solitary existence.

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.

The other two things are... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better.

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 a father of four girls and I know very much about the relationship between a father and his daughters.

Conservative's the last thing I am.

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'm fiercely proud to be Scottish.

Producing good stuff can be quite tough, and it involves a lot of frustration, but I always like things to be jolly and happy, and I forget thats actually not the point at the end of the day.

If you want to produce really horrible, obnoxious kids, say yes to them all the time.

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.

I had extra thick light sabers because mine kept getting bent. I'd be halfway through a fight and it would be like 'Oops, sorry! Mine's bent again!

I loved being in Trainspotting and having to dive into the filthiest toilet in Scotland.

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

My feeling about seeing the world is that its going to change you necessarily, just the very fact of being out there and meeting people from different cultures and different ways of life.

I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber.

I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did.

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've always like sort of, as an actor, I'm drawn to exploring how we are as human beings in given situations and how we act and how we react and what makes us tick.

I love romance. It goes back to the films I watched as a kid.

It's just fantastic to go out and meet people in the world and get to really remote places.

Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.

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.

I certainly have no plans to leave London. It's a great town.

From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.

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

It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted.

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

I would tend to be drawn to independent cinema as a viewer, probably more than the big blockbuster.