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" I'm a late developer. "
Kristin Scott Thomas
Late
Developer
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" 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. "
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" I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel. "
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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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" As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about. "
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" French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries. "
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" As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly. "
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" I'd love to do some comedy. Particularly French comedy, which I know sounds like a contradiction in terms. "
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" Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys. "
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Want
Little
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" I'm not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I'm too feeble. "
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Too
Over
" 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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" Successful films are very dangerous things. "
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" I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress. "
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Find
Difficult
" People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different. "
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Rose
Always
" My body is a baby machine. "
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Body
Baby
Machine
" 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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Me
Rest
Play
" 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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Me
Spark
Want
" Baths are my favorite thing. I can have two, three a day. "
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I Can
Three
Baths
" 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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Feel
Perception
Home
" I'm very lazy! "
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Lazy
Very
" After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two. "
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Long
Long Time
Thinking
" Boarding school is a wicked thing. "
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Thing
School
Boarding School
" 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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Beauty
Women
Regret
" I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged. "
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Kind
Think
" Films are just consumables. "
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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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" 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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Now
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" I just don't see very many films. Because I make them. "
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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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Afraid
Good
" I was terrible at school. "
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School
Terrible