A lot of parents tell their ...

A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that\'s fine, but they should do something else first, so they\'ve got something to fall back on. It doesn\'t work like that, as far as I\'m concerned.
A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned.
 Ewan McGregor

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No, I'm putting it away, trying to buy a house for my family. The goal is to use the money to move into a big house, so my daughter can have a garden.
 Ewan McGregor
I was forced to make the decision between art and music which are the only two things I liked as opposed to being able to do them both because that's what I was interested in.
 Ewan McGregor
I don't like the idea of not being able to knock about the town, you know.
 Ewan McGregor
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
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