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" The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

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" Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

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

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" Men don't fall in love with me - only young ones. "

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" I mean, if you're being directed very precisely by somebody who has admiration and who's really smart, it's great. If you're being told what to do by a nincompoop - and luckily that hasn't happened very often - it can be very frustrating. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

" 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. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

" If anyone says, 'Let's have a girls' night out,' I will run in the opposite direction. "

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

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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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" Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

" 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. "

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Falling In Love

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

Kristin Scott Thomas

" Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

" It's very hard having a career in different continents and two different languages. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

" In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.' "

Kristin Scott Thomas

" 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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" It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet. "

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" I am so bored with seeing stories about a mature man of 65 falling in love with a beautiful girl of 32. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

" 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. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

" I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

" 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. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

" If you are a successful actor, which is what I am, then you tend to get labelled very quickly and easily. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

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

Kristin Scott Thomas

" I can't get into all that physical stuff of having to have flawless skin... Sometimes you see people and it looks like someone's got an eraser and made their face a little blurry - their traits seem to go out of focus. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

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

Kristin Scott Thomas

" I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

" I'm very good at forgetting people. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

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

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" There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

" My life is European. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

" I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief. "

Kristin Scott Thomas