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" French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

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" The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources. "

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" We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer. "

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" I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel. "

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" I was happy, I wasn't beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasn't what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I don't know how my mother did it. "

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" I was terrible at school. "

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" Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting. "

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" I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave. "

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" People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different. "

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" I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It's fun acting in a foreign language. You're liberated or freed from preconceptions. "

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" If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different. "

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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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" I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress. "

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" I find it very difficult to be two different characters at the same time - actress and mother. "

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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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" 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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