Quotes

Ewan on Jude

"I can remember feeling that that was wanted of you. Me and my mates used to go out with a bunch of casting directors on Friday nights. And I remember for a long time they all thought that I was having an affair with Jude Law, and it was almost that they wanted that to be the case. Occasionally we'd play up to it because it was so funny. I said to him 'I think everyone thinks we're having an affair', so we'd give wee looks to each other at dinner and stuff."

"He's a lovely man, yeah. And my cup of tea I'm sure if I were that way inclined."

Jude on Ewan

"I can't tease him. My sons worship him. We had a Star Wars birthday party, and my baby son was Obi-Wan. I wouldn't ever begin to tease a Jedi knight."

"I took Raff to see ‘Uncle Ewan’ in the Phantom Menace and since then he isn’t Ewan anymore, he’s Obi-Wan Kenobi. I’m not even allowed to call him Ewan or Raff tells me off!"

"My friend Ewan McGregor and I are starkers in most of our films. Once you've done one nude scene, directors and producers are all over you to do one for their film. So few male actors will do nude scenes."

Costars

"I took it like a man. He was really tender, very caring. He hugged me afterward. But he never writes. He never calls. Goddamn him!"

"I had to rodger Christian Bale. Or, at least, I had to pretend that I was rodgering him. We did the scene on a rooftop and the crew were on another because they wanted a long lens on it. So we started off nice and gentle and I've got the long wig on, tossing my hair about a bit. Then I got a bit faster. And it went on and on. I mean, I'm fucking exhausted at this point. So I leaned over and whispered into Christian's ear, 'Christ, I would have come by now if we were doing it for real.' Then I looked around and the camera had been packed away and the crew were clearing the roof. I suppose they were too sensitive to tell us that they were done. Or, maybe, they thought we were enjoying ourselves and didn't want to spoil the fun."

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