Quotes from Ewan McGregor

Se os mortos não estavam contrariados por ter os ossos empilhados na parede do fundo, suponho que também não se ralariam em ser usados como artigos de decoração. Era como o sonho erótico de um assassino em série, pensamento que me tirou logo o apetite para o almoço.

Trata-se de uma aventura, não de um pacote de férias. E as aventuras não são aventuras se não houver um certo grau de perigo e incerteza.

Fazer filmes é uma experiência fantástica, mas os pormenores técnicos são mortalmente enfadonhos. É uma chatice salpicada de momentos vibrantes.

I'm fiercely proud to be Scottish.

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

Success is tricky to deal with, both professionally and in your personal life.

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

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

I've never found acting that difficult.

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

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.

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

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 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

Drama school can't make you a brilliant actor, but you can do stuff for three years - you're not going to be fired. You should just go for it all, even the stuff you think is codswallop.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

So, no, I'm not trying to crack into Hollywood, although I'll make films there if they're good scripts.

I was spending a lot of time in trailers, you know, on film sets surrounded by film people.