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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. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Mother

Nothing

People

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Always

My Own

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Relief

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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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Want

Myself

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" 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. "

" I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged. "

" I never raise my voice! "

" 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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Spark

Want

" You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you. "

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Late

Developer

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Rest

Play

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Different

Fine

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Been

Nature

" I'm not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I'm too feeble. "