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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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Kristin Scott Thomas

Admiration

Who

You

" Successful films are very dangerous things. "

" I mean, my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory. "

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

Kristin Scott Thomas

Love

Contradiction

" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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

" I never raise my voice! "

" 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. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Rest

Play

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

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

" Men don't fall in love with me - only young ones. "

" It takes a long time to appreciate one's parents. "

" I was terrible at school. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

School

Terrible

" I am so bored with seeing stories about a mature man of 65 falling in love with a beautiful girl of 32. "

" In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.' "

" 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. "

" I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about. "

" I know I can be bolshy and really unpleasant, and it always happens if I lose confidence in the people I'm working with. If I've got no confidence in what I'm doing and they don't provide me with some assurance that we're doing the right thing then I bully people. I'm a horrible bully. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Know

People

" My life is European. "

" 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. "

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

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

" As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about. "

" I'm a late developer. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Late

Developer

" We all come in different shapes and sizes, and that's fine by me. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Different

Fine

" Films are just consumables. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Just

Films

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

" Making films can be absolutely fantastic, but it can also be incredibly dull. You spend the whole day sitting by yourself in your trailer and then you get called to deliver one sentence - then you're told to come back and do it again at 5:30 the following morning. "