Ewan McGregor

It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted.

I remember in Shallow Grave I remember a few times when we'd only have to do one take. But when you did have to do more than one, you'd build on the one you'd done.

I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.

I don't do things lightly; I don't take a job then just phone it in - I've never done that.

When you take away the phone and e-mail and you don't have a million things to run around to, it allows your mind the space to think more expansively about the things that matter.

I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long.

I'm not a guy who takes films for strong political messages.

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 a new one comes out.

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

Drama school can't make you a brilliant actor, but you can do stuff for three years - you're not going to be fired. You should just go for it all, even the stuff you think is codswallop.

Producing good stuff can be quite tough, and it involves a lot of frustration, but I always like things to be jolly and happy, and I forget that's actually not the point at the end of the day.

I was born in '71, so I remember bits of glam rock on 'Top of the Pops' toward the late '70s, but I had no idea what kind of world it was. I didn't like the music, either.