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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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Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise.
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British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.
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Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.
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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.
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Girlfriends are vital ... Maggie [Gyllenhaal] and I will always see each other when Maggie's in London or I'm here. We'll always make time to sit and catch up properly.
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I've never been on the cover of Empire. I'm very bitter. I've got an award but now I feel sad and cross.
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Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.
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I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter, and able to give people a clean drink of water. I don't want images of starving babies at the breast in my mind. I want that to change. And if I want that, I had better do something about it.
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It’s about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it.
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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.
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My worst quality is impatience.
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