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As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now.

Kristin Scott Thomas

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Kristin Scott Thomas
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: May 24
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