EWAN MCGREGOR - MCGREGOR ALMOST QUIT AFTER WATCHING DAY-LEWIS

MCGREGOR ALMOST QUIT AFTER WATCHING DAY-LEWIS

Scottish actor EWAN MCGREGOR set fire to his Equity union card after watching DANIEL DAY-LEWIS in IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER - because he realised he'd never be as good as the Irishman.
The star admits he would love to work with Day-Lewis, even though he almost gave up acting because of his peer.
He tells the Los Angeles Times, "Whenever I watch him, I think, 'What's the point? There's no point in carrying on. That's it.'
"I remember watching In the Name of the Father and coming out of the cinema and burning my Equity card and going, 'I'm finished'.
"There's no way I can ever be that good, and it's so depressing."