Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes

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Kristin Scott Thomas

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 24, 1960

I find it very difficult to be two different characters at the same time - actress and mother.

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In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.'

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It takes a long time to appreciate one's parents.

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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've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.

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After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two.

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I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel.

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I am sure that, had I grown up with both parents, had I grown up in a safe environment, had I grown up with a feeling of safety rather than danger, I would not be the way I am.

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I was terrible at school.

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I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

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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.

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I know I can be bolshy and really unpleasant, and it always happens if I lose confidence in the people I'm working with. If I've got no confidence in what I'm doing and they don't provide me with some assurance that we're doing the right thing then I bully people. I'm a horrible bully.

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The parts I've been most successful in are the ones I've desperately, desperately wanted.

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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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Successful films are very dangerous things.

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If you make a film about a pig farmer in Wales and you are a huge hit as the pig farmer's wife, the next thing is you'll be asked to do a film about a sheep farmer in Scotland.

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Men don't fall in love with me - only young ones.

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I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It's fun acting in a foreign language. You're liberated or freed from preconceptions.

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I wouldn't want you to see me all the time on the screen, because I get bored of it myself!

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I'm very lazy!

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