I was with a friend of mine recently who was dying and while he was lying there with his family around his bed, I just knew that was it, that was the best you can hope for in life - to have your family and the people who love you around you at the end.

— Ewan McGregor

I won't buy into the Hollywood thing... I want to be in good movies.

— Ewan McGregor

My feeling about seeing the world is that it's going to change you necessarily, just the very fact of being out there and meeting people from different cultures and different ways of life.

— Ewan McGregor

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

People are incredibly rude about it sometimes. Like, `What? You're married?` Strange reaction to have. Proves what people's ideas about marriage are. `We're having a baby.` `What?` As if it's the end of the world. Of course, it's the start of a brilliant world.

— Ewan McGregor

Starting with a party scene for 600 cast and end up singing on top of a giant elephant...does it get any better than this?

— Ewan McGregor

Success is tricky to deal with, both professionally and in your personal life.

— Ewan McGregor

The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.

— Ewan McGregor

The other two things are... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinées, and the more romantic the better.

— Ewan McGregor

The thing about parenting rules is there aren't any. That's what makes it so difficult.

— Ewan McGregor