Ewan McGregor

“Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There's no sense of something earned. I'm sorry, but when you're 12, you don't need a new cell phone every few months just because...”

“If you want to produce really horrible, obnoxious kids, say yes to them all the time.”

“When I was a kid I was much happier watching old movies than kids' TV, and I ended up watching all the old Ealing comedies.”

“As a child I was taken to the pantomime or the theatre and I would always, always fall in love with somebody on the stage. And want to have sex with them.”

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

“I think it's quite tricky for actors to release albums. It's difficult, because I'm an actor, you know, I'm not a musician. I love singing, but I don't have a big repertoire of songs that I'...”

“At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again.”

“I like the idea of being a sculptor. Just me alone, making something - that solitary existence.”

“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 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.”