Ewan McGregor - Awards and Personal Quotes

Awards:

1994 Shallow Grave              

           Empire Award for Best British Actor

1996 Trainspotting                  

           BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 

           Empire Award for Best British Actor

           London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year

           Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best
                        Breakthrough Performance

1996 A Life Less Ordinary     

           Empire Award for Best British Actor

           Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Dance Sequence 

                                   (shared with Cameron Diaz)

1996 Little Voice                  

           Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for 

           Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

1999 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

           Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for
                           Favorite Actor

           Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for
                           Action/Science Fiction

           Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Fight 

                           (shared with Liam Neeson and Ray Park)

           Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor

2000 Nora                            

           Nominated – Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor

2001 Moulin Rouge!               

           Empire Award for Best British Actor

           London Critics Circle Film Award for British Actor of the Year

           MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Sequence 

                  (shared with Nicole Kidman)

           Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical
                  or Comedy

           European Film Award for Outstanding European Achievement
                  in World Cinema

           Nominated – Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor
                  in a Leading Role

           Nominated – Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for
                  Best Actor

           Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - 

                   Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

           Nominated – IF Award for Best Actor

           Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss 

                    (shared with Nicole Kidman)

           Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for
                Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

2001 Black Hawk Down       

           Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast

2003 Young Adam                

           BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor In A Leading Role

           Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Actor

           Nominated – Empire Award for Best British Actor

2005 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

           Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Fight

                                 (shared with Hayden Christensen)

           Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Hero

Plus:

2001 Hollywood Film Festival - Actor of the Year

2002 British Independent Film Awards - Entertainment Personality Award

2008 Empire Awards - Icon Award

Personal Quotes:

• He says that he was inspired to get into show business by his uncle, actor Denis Lawson. Lawson played Wedge Antilles in Episodes 4-6 of Star Wars.
• I won't buy into the Hollywood thing...I want to be in good movies.
• Film-making is like a series of problems that need to be solved. And the excitement, the adrenaline that you get from making a small film is that you all have to pull together. You finish and you feel like you're walking away from your family. I love that.
• Movies are so draining. They pull away from the actor, but theater just fills you up. I needed my fix.
• I've always wanted to go to Hollywood, drive big cars and be in big movies. But I hope I won't do just any film to become a star. I just want to carry on working, acting. I don't want to direct or write. I think making films is brilliant. I get excited just going on a film set. Going on location is amazing, hanging about with all these film people doing their thing. If I bump into a star I get all star-struck.