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" London has always been a haven for victims of cruelty, and been improved by them. Yet I can see it changing now. Outsiders are demonised, there are little bits of legislation, people are scared. "

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" I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything. "

Emma Thompson

Think

Day

Lie

" You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face. "

" Children are the most wonderful audiences. What's struck me most is that that they watch it so silently, until the end when they shriek and shout and clap. "

Emma Thompson

End

Watch

" Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder. "

Emma Thompson

Human

Really

" I've a problem with the word charity because I think that NGOs, as I prefer calling them, really do take the work of moral and social responsibilities that ought to be taken on by governments. "

" I think the point about ActionAid is what it's asking people to do is engage with poor people in developing countries and understand what their lives are like and understand how the way we live our lives impacts on theirs. "

" If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it. "

" Sometimes you'll have some things, and sometimes you'll have other things. And you do not need it all at once; it's not good for you. "

" I have had lots of friends who've been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care. "

" If you don't want women to do whatever they need to do then you must provide them with food, you must provide them with shelter and their basic human rights. "

" During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing. "

" I do think that despite my best efforts to resist it, I am now a grown-up. It's due to lots of very difficult decisions that you make over a long period of time - about motherhood, wifehood, and work, and all the things that one has to make decisions about. "

" Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about someone at the beginning of the film and the end of the film. "

" What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together. "

" It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly. "

" My mother has never approved of high heels. As a result, I have never been able to walk in high heels - and they were all I ever wanted. So of course, my daughter has two pairs. "

" I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups. "

Emma Thompson

You

Everyone

" British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous. "

" I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become a piece of connective tissue. I'm trying to communicate with people here and in America - in rich countries - about what I see on the ground in badly affected areas. "

" A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look. "

" If you're actually allowing your creative part to control your writing rather than a more commercial instinct or motive, then you'll find that all sorts of interesting things will bubble up to the surface. "

" My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman. "

Emma Thompson

Appearance

Feel

" I don't mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it's not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in one's field. Public perks. Like, I don't know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two. "

" But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me. "

" This morning, I went to wipe my hands on a tea towel, and while I was using it, it seemed like it felt a bit light. I unfolded it and realized my daughter had cut little bits out of it to make frocks for her dolls! "

" I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty sherry bottle which is, of course, a typical scene from my daily life, so isn't much of a stretch. "

" One is a child when one has a child. No one says, 'You will never be the same again.' Which is the truth! And we're all supposed to be happy all the time. What is that about? "

" My worst quality is impatience. "

" You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily; those two things aren't ideal. We have an awful lot to work on and to debate about in relation to our working lives, because it isn't working for a lot of people, particularly for a lot of women. "

" Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening. "