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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. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

I Am

Environment

Way

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Developer

" 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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Rest

Play

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

" Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty. "

" I was terrible at school. "

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School

Terrible

" 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. "

" Baths are my favorite thing. I can have two, three a day. "

" I'm very wary of trust, you see. "

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

Kristin Scott Thomas

Playing

I Am

" I'm very good at forgetting people. "

" 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. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Relief

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

" As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Character

Respect

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

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You

Sure

" It's very hard having a career in different continents and two different languages. "

" After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two. "

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

" I wouldn't want you to see me all the time on the screen, because I get bored of it myself! "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Want

Myself

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