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" I just don't see very many films. Because I make them. "
Kristin Scott Thomas
See
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Make
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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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" Sometimes, I think I could have been a major movie star with the vast mansion and staff. I look at my Volvo and think it could be a limousine. I think of the roles I turned down. But then I wouldn't have had any children. "
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" I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up. "
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" French is a foreign language, but I've been speaking it since I was 18 so it's second nature to me. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated? "
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" Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand. "
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" My children are lovely. They're perfect. "
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" My life is European. "
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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 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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Perception
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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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Difficult
Two
" I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable. "
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" Baths are my favorite thing. I can have two, three a day. "
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" You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you. "
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" Successful films are very dangerous things. "
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" I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about. "
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People
" Men don't fall in love with me - only young ones. "
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" I can't move back to England. My home is in France now. I'd love to but I can't. My family's all there now. "
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" I was terrible at school. "
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Terrible
" 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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" 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. "
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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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