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" If you make a film about a pig farmer in Wales and you are a huge hit as the pig farmer's wife, the next thing is you'll be asked to do a film about a sheep farmer in Scotland. "

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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. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Love

Man

Falling In Love

" French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries. "

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

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

" 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

" I'm not used to being asked what I want to talk about. That's why I'm an actress. Get told what to do, stand on the mark, say your words, wear this, look this way, look that way. "

" As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly. "

" French is a foreign language, but I've been speaking it since I was 18 so it's second nature to me. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Been

Nature

" We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer. "

" 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. "

" You don't choose a film because it's made by a woman, you choose it because it's good. "

" 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. "

" I find it very difficult to be two different characters at the same time - actress and mother. "

" 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. "

" Movies make you immortal and ageless. "

" I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated? "

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

" I do not want to pour out my heart to the world. I am cautious of what I say and to whom. "

" 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

" Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand. "

" Everyone loves to hate a spin doctor. "

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

" At school, I always wanted to belong to a gang, and no one would have me. So I'd have make my own gang, but with everybody else's leftovers. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Always

My Own

" 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 was terrible at school. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

School

Terrible

" My life is European. "

" 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. "

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