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Ewan McGregor

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I've never been one who agonizes over my work.


— Ewan McGregor


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


— Ewan McGregor


#bands #drums #guitars #i #pipe

It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted.


— Ewan McGregor


#important #spirit #you #youth

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.


— Ewan McGregor


#always #charge #director #give #him

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.


— Ewan McGregor


#band #drummer #french #french horn #horn

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


— Ewan McGregor


#i #just #lot #naked #people

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


— Ewan McGregor


#as far as #far #go #must #needs

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


— Ewan McGregor


#crack #films #good #good scripts #hollywood

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.


— Ewan McGregor


#bbc #better #black #black and white #had

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.


— Ewan McGregor


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Personal life
McGregor is married to Eve Mavrakis a French production designer. They have four daughters Clara Mathilde McGregor (born February 1996) Esther Rose McGregor (born 7 November 2001) Jamiyan McGregor (born June 2001 in Mongolia; adopted April 2006) and Anouk McGregor (born January 2011). During the Long Way Round journey in 2004 McGregor and his travelling companions took time out to see some of UNICEF's work in Ukraine Kazakhstan and Mongolia and during the Long Way Down trip in 2007 he and Charley Boorman did work for UNICEF in Africa.

He has also received critical acclaim for his starring roles in theatre productions of Guys and Dolls (2005–07) and Othello (2007–08). He is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting (1996) Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005) poet Christian in the musical film Moulin Rouge! (2001) and storyteller Edward Bloom in Tim Burton's Big Fish (2003).

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