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" Everyone loves to hate a spin doctor. "
Kristin Scott Thomas
Everyone
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" The problem with being a film actress or a movie star is that people see you so huge that somehow you're visually massive or somehow you're in some removed space, which is a television or wherever. It somehow takes your humanity. "
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" I do consider myself as being French, I suppose. "
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" When you make a film, you sign a contract with somebody, and it's not only legally binding but morally binding. You agree to give this man a certain number of weeks of your life, and you just go for it as much as possible. Because, whatever happens, the film is going to come out, so you might as well try very hard to make it a good one. "
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" I think people do work too much. I've never been able to understand the whole 'make hay while the sun shines' thing. Either I want to work or I don't want to work. "
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" It takes a long time to appreciate one's parents. "
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" Most films seem to be about a man and a women falling in love at some point and once you pass forty-five, it's almost disgusting to fall in love. "
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" I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about. "
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" I have a feeling I will work for a long, long time. I like it a lot... and I don't know. I just have a feeling that I'm going to be one of those people who go on for ever. "
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" If you make a film about a pig farmer in Wales and you are a huge hit as the pig farmer's wife, the next thing is you'll be asked to do a film about a sheep farmer in Scotland. "
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" As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly. "
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" There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs. "
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" I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief. "
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" I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress. "
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" I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it. "
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" I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day. "
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" Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty. "
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" I am sure that, had I grown up with both parents, had I grown up in a safe environment, had I grown up with a feeling of safety rather than danger, I would not be the way I am. "
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" People accuse me of being Methody, but I'm not at all. The one thing I don't want people to see is me. I don't want them to be able to recognize my faults and failures and qualities, and I won't use those things to spark off emotions or to illustrate. "
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" I mean, if you're being directed very precisely by somebody who has admiration and who's really smart, it's great. If you're being told what to do by a nincompoop - and luckily that hasn't happened very often - it can be very frustrating. "
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