Ewan McGregor quotes
- From the movie: The Ghost Writer
“Forty thousand years of human language, and there's no word to describe our relationship. It was doomed.”
- From the movie: The Pillow Book
“- Nagiko: How can I get pleasure writing on you? You have to write on me.
- Jerome: Go on. Use my body like the pages of a book. Of your book.” - From the movie: Trainspotting
“One bottle of Valium, which I've already procured from my mother, who is, in her own domestic and socially acceptable way also a drug addict.”
- From the movie: The Ghost Writer
“- The Ghost: Did you ever want to be a proper politician in your own right?
- Ruth Lang: Of course, didn't you want to be a proper writer?” “Don't forget, she's a politician, and they're not to be trusted.”
- From the movie: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
“- Obi-Wan Kenobi: Master Yoda says I should be mindful of the future.
- Qui-Gon Jinn: But not at the expense of the moment.” - From the movie: Deception
- From the movie: Stay
“- Sam Foster: What's this?
- Henry Letham: I burned myself.
- Sam Foster: You burned yourself? Why?
- Henry Letham: Practicing for hell.” - From the movie: Trainspotting
- From the movie: Moulin Rouge!
“- Satine: You've got to carry on without me, Christian.
- Christian: I can't carry on without you.
- Satine: You have so much to give.
- Christian: No.
- Satine: Yes. Tell our story, Christian.
- Christian: I love you.
- Satine: Tell our story, Christian. That way I'll always be with you.” - From the movie: Shallow Grave
“- Juliet Miller: We're going to dance?
- Alex Law: Well, it's physical contact, isn't it?” - From the movie: A Life Less Ordinary
“- Celine Naville: So you're telling me that successful relationships are made in Heaven? Not founded on the daily practicality of two people being prepared to tolerate the imperfections of one another?
- Robert Lewis: It's not successful relationships, Celine. It's love. And it comes from a strange and wonderful place that we don't know about.” - From the movie: Trainspotting
“We took morphine, diamorphine, cyclizine, codeine, temazepam, nitrazepam, phenobarbitone, sodium amytal, dextropropoxyphene, methadone, nalbuphine, pethidine, pentazocine, buprenorphine, dextromoramide, chlormethiazole. The streets are awash with drugs you can have for unhappiness and pain, and we took them all.”
- From the movie: Velvet Goldmine
“- Curt Wild: We set out to change the world... ended up just changing ourselves.
- Arthur Stuart: What's wrong with that?
- Curt Wild: Nothing, if you don't look at the world.” - From the movie: Big Fish
“You don't know me but my name is Edward Bloom and I love you.”
- From the movie: A Life Less Ordinary
“Fate intervenes in people's lives. In ours, for instance. Fate brought us together. It kept us together. We were destined for one another.”
- From the movie: Shallow Grave
“- Alex Law: It's not every day I find a story in my own flat.
- Juliet Miller: It's not a story, Alex. It's a corpse.” “Be mindful of your thoughts. They'll betray you.”
- From the animation: Robots
“- Rodney Copperbottom: Why do you have two noses?
- Fender: One's for showin', one's for blowin'.” - From the movie: Trainspotting
“I fantasize about a massive pristine convenience. Brilliant gold taps, virginal white marble, a seat carved from ebony, a cistern full of Chanel no.5, and a flunky handing me pieces of raw silk toilet roll. But under the circumstances I'll settle for anywhere.”
“- Obi-Wan Kenobi: Why do I get the feeling you're going to be the death of me?
- Anakin Skywalker: Don't say that, master. You're the closest thing I have to a father.”- From the movie: Stay
“If this is a dream, the whole world is inside it.”
- From the movie: Big Fish
“- Sandra Bloom - Young: You don't even know me.
- Ed Bloom - Young: I have the rest of my life to find out.” - From the movie: Eye of the Beholder
“My wife was right. I spent my whole life hiding behind computer screens, and it cost me my daughter. But it's time to let go because... because I met an extraordinary woman and she needs my help. I won't make the same mistake twice.”
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