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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.

Emma Thompson

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Emma Thompson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 15
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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.
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Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.
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Constantly worrying about your reflection and criticizing your body, shape and size is an act of violence against yourself.
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The films I've made for children have been my hardest work, my best, because kids deserve the best.
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