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What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together

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Emma Thompson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 15
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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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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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Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.
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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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[Fighting Climate Change] is important for every single person on the planet, which is why it has to be the greatest grassroots movement of all time. This is the battle of our lives. We're fighting for our children.
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We must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days are in fact here for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives.
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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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Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.
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Sometimes I get to put on posh frocks and be Madam Glamour, the vendor of my wares. My lovely friend Kath, a stylist, puts me into things I'd never dream of. But my real life is very different. It's very, very home-based - an intense domestic life, that's the core of everything.
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