Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor
Ewan Gordon McGregor, OBE is a Scottish actor. His first professional role was in 1993, when he won a leading role in the Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar. He is best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting, the young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, poet Christian in the musical film Moulin Rouge!, and Dr. Alfred Jones in the romantic comedy-drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth31 March 1971
CityPerth, Scotland
I'm sometimes asked 'Can you lose the accent?'and I say 'No, but I can put on another one'.
I played music all through school and I kind of performed that way.
I think rehearsal can be important if it's done in a way that works. Often, rehearsal can be a waste of time.
I trained in the theatre and I love the theatre. I get such a thrill seeing anything in the theatre.
I worked as a waiter when I was 15 and got a chance to appreciate good, simple food. There's nothing better than a boiled egg with toast.
It's just fantastic to go out and meet people in the world and get to really remote places.
Success is tricky to deal with, both professionally and in your personal life.
I would encourage you as a screenwriter to trust your story and don't make notes for the actors or don't make notes for the reader.
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.
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 got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no.
If you're not engaged in the writing and it doesn't grab you then you just don't want to do it.
I love skiing, scuba diving and hang-gliding.
I like the idea of being a sculptor. Just me alone, making something - that solitary existence.