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I'm not used to being asked what I want to talk about. That's why I'm an actress. Get told what to do, stand on the mark, say your words, wear this, look this way, look that way.

Kristin Scott Thomas

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Kristin Scott Thomas
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: May 24
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I'm not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people.
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Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.
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I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress.
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Most films seem to be about a man and a women falling in love at some point and once you pass forty-five, it's almost disgusting to fall in love.
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I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.
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My children are lovely. They're perfect.
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You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you.
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I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.
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I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up.
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You don't choose a film because it's made by a woman, you choose it because it's good.
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At school, I always wanted to belong to a gang, and no one would have me. So I'd have make my own gang, but with everybody else's leftovers.
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Films are just consumables.
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Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty.
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People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. They're not afraid of them. It's one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it.
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I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it.
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I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.
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Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced.
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Life is too short to live on low-fat everything.
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I never raise my voice!
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I mean my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory.
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