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" You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you. "
Kristin Scott Thomas
Costs
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" It's very hard having a career in different continents and two different languages. "
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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. "
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" My children are lovely. They're perfect. "
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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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" The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources. "
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" I never raise my voice! "
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" I think people do work too much. I've never been able to understand the whole 'make hay while the sun shines' thing. Either I want to work or I don't want to work. "
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" I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It's fun acting in a foreign language. You're liberated or freed from preconceptions. "
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" 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. "
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