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Ewan McGregor

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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.


— Ewan McGregor


#drive #goals #inspirational #inspirational

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


— Ewan McGregor


#before #going #i #know #leave

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.


— Ewan McGregor


#find #hard #i #i can #i love

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.


— Ewan McGregor


#absolutely #behind #certainty #had #i

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


— Ewan McGregor


#kind #music #performed #played #school

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.


— Ewan McGregor


#did #done #few #grave #i

I was nine years old when I made up my mind that that was what I definitely wanted to do.


— Ewan McGregor


#i #made #mind #nine #old

I'm not a guy who takes films for strong political messages.


— Ewan McGregor


#guy #i #messages #political #strong

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.


— Ewan McGregor


#any #business #child #cos #fun

I've done nudity in lots of things before. It's something that's never particularly bothered me.


— Ewan McGregor


#bothered #done #i #lots #me






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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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