Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes

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Kristin Scott Thomas

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 24, 1960

I do not want to pour out my heart to the world. I am cautious of what I say and to whom.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day.

Kristin Scott Thomas

French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.

Kristin Scott Thomas

Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look.

Kristin Scott Thomas

Everyone loves to hate a spin doctor.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I never raise my voice!

Kristin Scott Thomas

I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I can't move back to England. My home is in France now. I'd love to but I can't. My family's all there now.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I have a feeling I will work for a long, long time. I like it a lot... and I don't know. I just have a feeling that I'm going to be one of those people who go on for ever.

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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.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I can't get into all that physical stuff of having to have flawless skin... Sometimes you see people and it looks like someone's got an eraser and made their face a little blurry - their traits seem to go out of focus.

Kristin Scott Thomas

With the theatre, your whole day is geared towards the evening's show, and that's the job. People usually go to work about 9 and come home around 5, or maybe 7.

Kristin Scott Thomas

When you make a film, you sign a contract with somebody, and it's not only legally binding but morally binding. You agree to give this man a certain number of weeks of your life, and you just go for it as much as possible. Because, whatever happens, the film is going to come out, so you might as well try very hard to make it a good one.

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I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached to me, I feel like banging my head against the wall. There's this perception that I can only be in a film if I have a glass of champagne in my hand and a stately home in the background.

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I am so bored with seeing stories about a mature man of 65 falling in love with a beautiful girl of 32.

Kristin Scott Thomas

It's very hard having a career in different continents and two different languages.

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My life is European.

Kristin Scott Thomas

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