This site is all about what people think of Ewan McGregor. By clicking on the quotes link in the site map box to your right you can read quotes about the man from over 200 of his peers, co-workers, family-members and friends. The reviews link will allow you to read what the press think of him and awards will outline the accolades he's won. The spotlight link will bring you to a small sample of quotes and reviews on a particular theme. Finally, if you are only interested in the most recent additions to the site, you'll find those below.

Renee Zellweger (actor Down With Love)
It was natural that Ewan McGregor should go and do a movie musical because he has it in him. When we were making Down With Love, Ewan was on his guitar the whole time. You could hear him playing and singing down the hall every day. Everything he does has rhythm to it. He's also very suave but he is not conscious of it. Even when he is joking around, he has this tremendous presence. He dances far better than I do. He is such a dancer you can't believe it. We have dance numbers in this movie and we sing a little bit. We are talking about a duet right now - that'll be as soon as my voice heals from screaming on Cold Mountain. I don't know if there will be a single, they are talking about it. We'll see what happens. Sunday Mail, December 22 2002 (thanks xcbug)

Inspired by the George Clooney quote I added yesterday, I did up a new spotlight: Sex and Skin

George Clooney (actor)
(about his nude scene in the film Solaris)
I don't know what all the excitement is about. I just showed my butt. It's not like I did the full monty, like Ewan McGregor, and showed everything I'm packing. Daily Record, December 19 2002

Jenny Topper (artistic director Hampstead Theatre)
(about Ewan's appearance in a play at the Hampstead Theatre)
Ewan’s role in Little Malcolm made people say, ‘This is a proper actor’. The Times, December 13 2002 (thanks Gail)

Nicole Kidman (actor Moulin Rouge - Satine)
(when asked to say the 1st thing that came to her mind when various actors where named)
Ben Chaplin: "Quirky, darling, and really underrated." Viggo Mortensen: "Sexy and poetic." Ewan McGregor: "Just one of the dearest, most gorgeous men to walk the earth." Jude Law: "The most open spirit, giving, Jude glows." Russell Crowe: "My best friend. Loyal, loyal. Fiercely loyal. And strong. A deep friendship for the rest of our lives. I'll be there for him for everything. It's nice to have him in the world. He's always been kind to me." Tom Cruise: "Great actor." Elle, January 2003

Renee Zellweger (actor Down With Love)
(about working with Jude Law and Ewan on separate films)
Jude Law just now and Ewan McGregor just before that. I'm getting them all in there aren't I? A delight! No complaints. I don't have to pick. They're all there on the set, it's fantastic. So why choose, you know, why choose? BBC Radio 1 news, December 9 2002 (thanks bubblebobblegirl)

Daniel Logan (actor Star Wars:Attack of the Clones - Boba Fett)
I always think about Ewan. It was so fun with him - we always knocked around on the set, and it always took at least three takes. He was my best friend on the set. Star Wars Insider: Issue 57, June 2001

Barry Norman (film critic)
He's the only movie star I know who turns up at a premiere with his whole family. Cambridge News, October 29 1998

Jaci Stephen (reporter)
There are very few things that embarrass me in life. I blush almost as rarely as I enjoy Panorama. The last time I remember turning a ghastly shade of puce, however, was after a long lunch in Soho's Groucho Club. Alighting upon a handsome young man at the bar on my way out, I stopped to comment on his good looks. After informing him of my powerful position in the Press to make stars of gorgeous nobodies, I asked whether he had ever done any acting. He said he had done a little and, after much pressing, said that I might have seen him in some things. 'Honestly,' I droned on, 'you've got that real star quality. I know what it is! It's that Ewan McGregor kind of charisma. What's your name?' 'Er, Ewan McGregor.' Blush? I would have committed harakiri had someone thrown me a sword. Mail on Sunday, December 1 2002

REVIEW

Solid Geometry (2002) - tv short
Solid Geometry was sexually explicit, narratively inexact, and only McGregor, a home-grown Tom Hanks, could have made likeable an obsessive character who may be a murderer. The Herald, November 29 2002 (thank you Gail)