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" Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

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" I have never met a woman who works who doesn't feel guilty. I mean we all deny it like crazy but deep down there is always that voice saying you should be at home. "

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" I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached to me, I feel like banging my head against the wall. There's this perception that I can only be in a film if I have a glass of champagne in my hand and a stately home in the background. "

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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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" Successful films are very dangerous things. "

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" Everyone loves to hate a spin doctor. "

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" I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged. "

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" Now, playing a love interest can be really thrilling, if you're working opposite thrilling people. "

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" It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet. "

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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'm not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people. "

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" If you are a successful actor, which is what I am, then you tend to get labelled very quickly and easily. "

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" My children are lovely. They're perfect. "

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" I'd love to do some comedy. Particularly French comedy, which I know sounds like a contradiction in terms. "

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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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" I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look. "

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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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