It sounds like Ewan McGregor's really settled down! He talks about the confidence he's learned as he grows older, his marriage, and parenting in the June issue of Men's Health.

Ewan has learned to become less self-conscious with age.

In your 20s, you spend a lot of time being self-conscious about what other people think of you. Then you hit your mid-30s and start to realize they weren't really thinking about you that much."

LOL! That is so true!

Ewan has been in a "happy marriage" with Eve Mavrakis for 14 years.

From the moment Eve and I met it was right, and I hesitate to explain the reasons behind that.

If you spend too much time 'working' on your relationship, I don't think it's a relationship worth being in. With Eve, I've never had to work. We just have it. I'm in it, she's in it, and that's that.

If you're  attracted to someone, you're comfortable with them and have mutual respect, the rest will take care of itself."

Those sound like pretty wise principles to me, don't you think?

And as for parenting?

I'm not going to give my girl a pony just because she wants a pony. I don't even buy them iPods. You have to set limits with children.

Pay attention: I recognize it can be boring to play with young chidren- to tell a story over and over again, let's say- but the secret is being there. If you've made a decision to play with your children, then play with them. Don't be looking through papers on your desk or sneaking off to the computer. Turn off your BlackBerry. Lose yourself in their world. Even if you do it for a short time, it will mean a lot to you and to them."

Again, so. very. true.

The June issue of Men's Health hits newsstands on Tuesday, May 26.

Photos by INF