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.

Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off.

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.

A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned.

As a child I was taken to the pantomime or the theatre and I would always, always fall in love with somebody on the stage. And want to have sex with them.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

No, no I'm not, no, but I just think... when people are naked it tells you a lot about their relationships.

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.

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

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

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!

Conservative's the last thing I am.

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

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?

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

I'm always interested in playing different people, in different situationsIt doesn't matter to me whether someone is in love with a man or a woman. I find the idea of love and romance interesting. I'm a sucker for it. I like playing someone who's falling in love because I like the sensation of it. People do extraordinary things when they're falling in love.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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