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
Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set.
It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted.
It's impossible to put your finger on what that is exactly other than protecting the environment that the actors get to find the scenes and build the scenes and invest in them. I think that's key and that's what I've learned from all the great directors I've worked with.
I've always been really uninterested in politicians and the acts of the Houses of Parliament, or government as an idea. But I'm interested in politics in that I'm a member of the world, and I have strong feelings of right and wrong, but I can't get into the ins and outs of it.
My feeling about seeing the world is that its going to change you necessarily, just the very fact of being out there and meeting people from different cultures and different ways of life.
There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.
I've sort of done a play every four or five years I guess if I look back in my career. And I think that's good.
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.
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.