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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. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

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" With the theatre, your whole day is geared towards the evening's show, and that's the job. People usually go to work about 9 and come home around 5, or maybe 7. "

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

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" I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do. "

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" I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It's fun acting in a foreign language. You're liberated or freed from preconceptions. "

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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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" There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs. "

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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 can't get into all that physical stuff of having to have flawless skin... Sometimes you see people and it looks like someone's got an eraser and made their face a little blurry - their traits seem to go out of focus. "

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" I think in most jobs, you get better as you get older. You gain experience, you gain knowledge. "

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

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" I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" Movies make you immortal and ageless. "

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" 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. "

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" I do consider myself as being French, I suppose. "

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" Everyone loves to hate a spin doctor. "

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

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" Life is too short to live on low-fat everything. "

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Life Is Too Short

" 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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" 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 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 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 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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