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" I'm not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

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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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" After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two. "

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