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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.
Emma Thompson
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Emma Thompson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 15
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I am who I am, and there is nothing I can do about that.
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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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Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.
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British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.
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I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.
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Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.
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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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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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