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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.
Emma Thompson
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Emma Thompson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 15
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I've a problem with the word charity because I think that NGOs, as I prefer calling them, really do take the work of moral and social responsibilities that ought to be taken on by governments.
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The fact is that young people are going to have sex whether you like it or not.
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~I'm strict about manners. I think that kids have a horrible time with other people if they have bad manners.... The one thing you've got to be prepared to do as a parent is not to be liked from time to time.~
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We have to reinvest, I think, in the idea of articulacy as a form of personal human freedom and power.
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Marianne Dashwood looks at gray skies and sees blue. That's all very well, and it's not something you ever want entirely to lose. But you must lose a little of it otherwise you're going to get wet.
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I`ve realized that in all the great stories, even if there`s a happily-ever-after ending, there`s something sad.
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The insanity of consumption bothers me. Talk about the opiate of the masses. It ain't religion anymore. It's stuff.
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I think it's [the AIDS fight] the most important and most pressing one - I think it's a global emergency and I think in a way we all have to address it and engage with it because I think it's the biggest threat to the human race that we have ever faced.
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There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think that's true. Although you should never work with donkeys.
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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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During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing.
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British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.
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I think people say you shouldn't work with children or animals, but you must only work with children.
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I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become a piece of connective tissue. I'm trying to communicate with people here and in America - in rich countries - about what I see on the ground in badly affected areas
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I think our hearts are very chemical and we change the way we see people according to how we feel about them. That's what love is, in a way.
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The best way [to survive] the red carpet is by wearing Ugg boots. But unfortunately, I have not yet managed to persuade the people who style me at these times to let me do that.
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