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" 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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" As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Character

Respect

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

Kristin Scott Thomas

Different

Fine

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up. "

" I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable. "

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

" Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months. "

" 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. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Rest

Play

" 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. "

" I'm very wary of trust, you see. "

" I'd love to do some comedy. Particularly French comedy, which I know sounds like a contradiction in terms. "

Kristin Scott Thomas

Love

Contradiction

" Boarding school is a wicked thing. "

" Life is too short to live on low-fat everything. "

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

" My body is a baby machine. "

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

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

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

" Successful films are very dangerous things. "

" 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. "

" My children are lovely. They're perfect. "

" 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. "

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