Quotes from Ewan McGregor

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

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.

I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long.

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

When you take away the phone and e-mail and you don't have a million things to run around to, it allows your mind the space to think more expansively about the things that matter.

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.

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 won't buy into the Hollywood thing...I want to be in good movies.

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.

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

I love music and I always seem to have a tune in my head.

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

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

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

At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again.

Conservative's the last thing I am.

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

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'm in a position where I can do many things most people just daydream about.

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.

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.

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