Quotes from Ewan McGregor

I wanted to make sure that I was making films about the world. So I thought well, I should go and see it. I'm spending a lot of time in - we call them caravans in Britain.

I think rehearsal can be important if it's done in a way that works. Often, rehearsal can be a waste of time.

I started watching golf for the first time yesterday. I'm really worried about myself. I was actually enjoying it.

I love skiing, scuba diving and hang-gliding.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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 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.

He`s quite extraordinary with his moves and spins. I think he was a baton girl in a past life [on his co-star Hayden Christensen].

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

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.

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.

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 started watching golf for the first time yesterday. I`m really worried about myself. I was actually enjoying it.

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?

People are incredibly rude about it sometimes. Like, `What? You`re married?` Strange reaction to have. Proves what people`s ideas about marriage are. `We`re having a baby.` `What?` As if it`s the end of the world. Of course, it`s the start of a brilliant world.