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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. "
Kristin Scott Thomas
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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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" People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. They're not afraid of them. It's one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it. "
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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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" 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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" When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing. "
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" We all come in different shapes and sizes, and that's fine by me. "
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" I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress. "
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" I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable. "
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" I was terrible at school. "
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" People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different. "
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" We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer. "
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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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" 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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" Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty. "
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" I wouldn't want you to see me all the time on the screen, because I get bored of it myself! "
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" People accuse me of being Methody, but I'm not at all. The one thing I don't want people to see is me. I don't want them to be able to recognize my faults and failures and qualities, and I won't use those things to spark off emotions or to illustrate. "
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" Movies make you immortal and ageless. "
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" If anyone says, 'Let's have a girls' night out,' I will run in the opposite direction. "
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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 mean, my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory. "
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" I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel. "
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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 never raise my voice! "
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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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" I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now. "
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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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" Now, playing a love interest can be really thrilling, if you're working opposite thrilling people. "
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" You don't choose a film because it's made by a woman, you choose it because it's good. "
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" Most films seem to be about a man and a women falling in love at some point and once you pass forty-five, it's almost disgusting to fall in love. "
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