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It doesn't matter how good the movie is. What matters is what it takes during the opening weekend. It's slightly distressing sometimes but that's how it works.
Emma Thompson
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Emma Thompson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 15
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A lot of people in my world - in the acting world - have either lost friends to Aids or live with HIV because its origin in our culture, in New York for instance, was in the gay community.
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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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The films I've made for children have been my hardest work, my best, because kids deserve the best.
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I think the point about ActionAid is what it's asking people to do is engage with poor people in developing countries and understand what their lives are like and understand how the way we live our lives impacts on theirs.
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Don't ever go on a diet. Just don't. Walk away. Diets are the spawn of Satan.
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If there's a role you're playing and there's a great deal of material to explore because the person was real then it's a completely different preparation time and message to playing someone fictional.
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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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We have to reinvest, I think, in the idea of articulacy as a form of personal human freedom and power.
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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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Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.
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If you don't want women to do whatever they need to do then you must provide them with food, you must provide them with shelter and their basic human rights.
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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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Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.
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British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.
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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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What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together
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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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