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I am who I am, and there is nothing I can do about that.

Emma Thompson

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Emma Thompson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 15
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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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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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Anyone who tries to deny #ClimateChange looks a little bit bonkers.
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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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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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Is love a fancy or a feeling.... or a Ferrars?
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I don't mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it's not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in one's field. Public perks. Like, I don't know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two.
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Well, I met Sandy Bullock at an awards thing a couple years ago, and she said to me, “If I were gay, you’d be the one.” I said, “I’m there!”
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The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but it makes me very angry that religious leaders from this faith have tried to respond negatively to sexual education and to the promotion of condom use
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Difficult for actors to extemporise in nineteenth-century English. Except for Robert Hardy and Elizabeth Spriggs, who speak that way anyway.
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I have a lot of people to thank but they're none of them here so I'm not going to bother.
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We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic.
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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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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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The thing that influenced me most in relation to 'Nanny McPhee' were the Westerns I watched with my father. All the Spaghetti Westerns all the Virginians all the High Chaparrals. Because if you think about the form, it's a stranger from out of town.
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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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I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything.
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Without the ice, the earth will fall
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