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John Leguizamo (actor Moulin Rouge - Toulouse Lautrec)
Ewan is amazing, such a naturally gifted actor. Some of us have to work and think about things, he just shows up. He is who he is, he's naturally charismatic, he just brings it to the role, and he has this incredible generosity. www.fox.co.uk

Natalie Portman (actor Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones - Padme Amidala)
(about Attack of the Clones) Ewan's wonderful and so funny and he's so good in this film. I think he totally steals the movie. I think Hayden carries it, but it's sort of expected, and Ewan is just so on and funny as Obi- Wan. He really is that character, and after seeing him in Moulin Rouge, it's hard to believe he can be so different. There's absolutely no trace of that character here, or even of Ewan himself. He's just got Obi-Wan down perfectly. imdb.com, June 2002

Ethan Hawke (actor)
I mean, Jude Law is one of my favourite actors and I love Ewan McGregor, too, but it does amaze me that American directors think they're soooo wonderful that none of us Yanks can compete. Evening Standard, September 12 2002

Sir Ian McKellen (actor)
(expressing his regret that Ewan was not nominated for an Oscar for Moulin Rouge) A spectacularly good performance -- who else can sing and dance like that and look so marvelous? He got my vote. Los Angeles Times, February 13 2002

Brad Pitt (actor)
(when asked to name his favorite film of the year) Love the Moulin Rouge, that was - I was blown away with Ewan... and Nicole. BBC Film 2001, December 21, 2001

Vanessa Redgrave (actor)
I admire the young actors of today so much. Among them Eve Best, Joely Richardson, Katrin Cartlidge, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Ewan MacGregor (sic), Jeremy Northam, Sam West, Rupert Graves, Jasper Britton, Richard Coyle and Kananu Kirimi. There are so many more. The Independent, June 20 2002

Kate Winslet (actor)
I´ve always admired Leonardo DiCaprio, so when I knew I was going to work with him I just couldn´t believe it. I also love Harvey Keitel, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson. And I think Ewan McGregor is very good too. Cinemania, January 28 1998

Danny Boyle, (director Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary)
I'm just so glad he's got what he deserved - he's an incredible actor, just brilliant. And he does things and makes choices other actors wouldn't dare - audiences just can't get enough of him. Celluloid, 1997

Danny Boyle, (director Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary)
Ewan's a mate. He's also the best film actor in Britain at the moment. He's Daniel Day-Lewis and Gary Oldman rolled into one. Toronto Sun, October 18 1997

Jerry Bruckheimer (producer Black Hawk Down)
He really can do just about anything. He’s smart. He becomes the character. US WEEKLY, January 21 2002

Todd Haynes (director Velvet Goldmine)
When I saw Trainspotting, I just could not think of an American actor in his age group with that kind of energy and that kind of physicality. The Johnny Depp generation has this kind of brooding, weighty, introspective quality, very James Deanish. Which is nice, great for a lot of characters. It wasn't what I wanted for Curt. I wanted something very volatile and flame-like, almost. There was just nobody else I could think of. I just thought he was so great, and I wanted to work with him. The Onion, 1998(?)

Todd Haynes (director Velvet Goldmine)
Ewan looked at tapes, but he is not like a hypertechnical actor who analyzes and does ridiculous amounts of research. He ultimately works very instinctively, but he obviously internalized a lot of that stuff. When he went out on stage, he became so freely all of that stuff. Just that whole pelvic posture is so incredibly Iggy (Pop). I think it was pretty much instinctive on his part. BigStar, 1998

Mark Herman (director Little Voice, Brassed Off)
(about Ewan in Little Voice) You know you see the guy in "Trainspotting" against this guy here or the guy in "Brassed Off," he's so brilliant and so diverse in the work he does. The same applies to Jane, you know. People who've seen Jane Horrocks. . . they don't know that it's the same girl. Chameleons. It was good getting Ewan on this, like you said it was casting against type, but he adds a real charm to what was basically a fairly nerdy character. He's such a hip actor but it's such an un-hip role. IndieWire, December 14 1998

Mark Herman (director Little Voice, Brassed Off)
The few times I've used him they've been very low-key performances but I think he's great at that. In Brassed Off, there were scenes where you'd do the take and you'd think Ewan didn't do anything. Then you get the film back and he's not doing anything but you just can't take your eyes off him because he's actually working so subtly. Amazon.co.uk, August 2000

Chris Kelly (producer Kavanagh QC)
He had to be this adorable young man which he played so convincingly. He still wasn’t too well known when he worked on Kavanagh, and he was very excited to be working. He was very committed without wearing it on his sleeve. Ewan McGregor: The Unauthorized Biography, 1998

Chris Kelly (producer Kavanagh QC)
Emma is an example of why I think he has to be a bit more careful. No-one can play everything. In Emma he wasn’t perhaps cast as accurately as he might have been. I’m sure that’s something he would agree with himself. Ewan McGregor: The Unauthorized Biography, 1998

Denis Lawson (actor, director Little Malcolm, Ewan's uncle)
(on Ewan’s performance in Little Malcolm) He's not much good. I'm thinking of getting rid of him. Guardian, August 20 1999

Denis Lawson (actor, director Little Malcolm, Ewan's uncle)
He was playing Orlando in As You Like It in his second year at drama college, and he was extraordinary. He was on a completely different level from everybody else. But I couldn't say at the time because it was too much. I couldn't say to him, 'You know you're going to be a huge star.' I couldn't even say to my sister. It was just silly. But what surprised me was how fast it happened. That was fantastic. The Herald, 22 May 2001

George Lucas (director Star Wars)
Ewan knows how to make a line believable, to make it sound fresh. He makes things, even absurd things, seem real. GQ, May 1999

Baz Luhrmann (director Moulin Rouge)
(about Ewan’s acting in Satine’s death scene) It’s always a surprise even for me but when Ewan does that scene, I mean, you know undoubtably actors can just, you know, they can turn on the waterworks but that’s what it’s not about. It’s not about crying, it’s actually about really exposing yourself emotionally (...) it’s only when you feel completely distraught that you would make that kind of guttural and embarrassing but deeply, deeply exposing sound. It’s embarrassing in the sense that you’re completely open and vulnerable and I think it was really - it was one of the great - boy you appreciate when an actor can expose their emotions at that level. DVD Commentary Track, 2001

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