Top 166 Quotes & Sayings by Ewan McGregor
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Scottish actor Ewan McGregor.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Conservative's the last thing I am.
I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long.
I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?
I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no.
I like the idea of being a sculptor. Just me alone, making something - that solitary existence.
Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There's no sense of something earned. I'm sorry, but when you're 12, you don't need a new cell phone every few months just because a new one comes out.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did.
I think the script is the key. Regardless of how great everybody else is working on a film, if you're working on a script that you don't think is great, you're not gonna be able to make a great film. Whereas if the script is great, then you can.
I'm fiercely proud to be Scottish.
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.
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.
I've never found acting that difficult.
I'm just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But it's very important that it's about something and that it says something. Otherwise, I don't know what the point is, really.
I've done nudity in lots of things before. It's something that's never particularly bothered me.
I think rehearsal can be important if it's done in a way that works. Often, rehearsal can be a waste of time.
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 that's actually not the point at the end of the day.
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.
I don't do things lightly; I don't take a job then just phone it in - I've never done that.
I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber.
I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.
I was nine years old when I made up my mind that that was what I definitely wanted to do.
When I was a kid I was much happier watching old movies than kids' TV, and I ended up watching all the old Ealing comedies.
At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again.
I find politicians so desperately boring. I don't trust them and don't believe in them.
It's just fantastic to go out and meet people in the world and get to really remote places.
I don't think having separate bathrooms is a key to a successful marriage, if you love one another.
My feeling about seeing the world is that it's going to change you necessarily, just the very fact of being out there and meeting people from different cultures and different ways of life.
No, no I'm not, no, but I just think... when people are naked it tells you a lot about their relationships.
I'm not a guy who takes films for strong political messages.
For all of the hurtling towards climate change, there's also a lot more understanding of it than there was when we were kids. They don't call environmentalists tree huggers any more, so there's hope!
I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting.
You can be playing a line some way and the director wants you to change that, or you can disagree. But I always think that the creative conversation between director and actor is what leads to good work.
From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.
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.
So, no, I'm not trying to crack into Hollywood, although I'll make films there if they're good scripts.
I played music all through school and I kind of performed that way.
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.
I found my partner, my life partner, and I really am in love with my wife, and we have a lovely time, and we share a long history together and children together, and that's it.
The script, I always believe, is the foundation of everything. And if you don't connect to that foundation, if you don't believe in that and feel that you wanna spend three, four months of your life exploring it, then all of the other elements are secondary.
I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.
I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber.
Success is tricky to deal with, both professionally and in your personal life.
I certainly have no plans to leave London. It's a great town.
I'm sure it's not great fun for them, or for any parent, when their child says they want to be an actor, 'cos it's quite an uncertain business and it can be terribly hard for most actors.
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.
If you want to produce really horrible, obnoxious kids, say yes to them all the time.
It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted.
I remember in Shallow Grave I remember a few times when we'd only have to do one take. But when you did have to do more than one, you'd build on the one you'd done.
I love skiing, scuba diving and hang-gliding.
I find that the acting's getting easier - with experience, everything is more instinctual.
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.
The thing about parenting rules is there aren't any. That's what makes it so difficult.
Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.
I've never been one who agonizes over my work.
I'm in a position where I can do many things most people just daydream about.
Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set.
Related Authors
Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes
Austrian
Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
English
Actor
Bruce Lee Quotes
American
Actor
Clint Eastwood Quotes
American
Actor
Daniel Radcliffe Quotes
British
Actor
Dwayne Johnson Quotes
American
Actor
Jeff Bridges Quotes
American
Actor
Johnny Depp Quotes
American
Actor
Kevin Hart Quotes
American
Actor
Kevin Spacey Quotes
American
Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes
American
Actor
Rob Lowe Quotes
American
Actor
Robert Pattinson Quotes
English
Actor
Sylvester Stallone Quotes
American
Actor
Will Rogers Quotes
American
Actor
Zach Braff Quotes
American
Actor