Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes

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Kristin Scott Thomas

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 24, 1960

I mean, my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I have never met a woman who works who doesn't feel guilty. I mean we all deny it like crazy but deep down there is always that voice saying you should be at home.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I'd love to do some comedy. Particularly French comedy, which I know sounds like a contradiction in terms.

Kristin Scott Thomas

As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly.

Kristin Scott Thomas

My body is a baby machine.

Kristin Scott Thomas

Sometimes, I think I could have been a major movie star with the vast mansion and staff. I look at my Volvo and think it could be a limousine. I think of the roles I turned down. But then I wouldn't have had any children.

Kristin Scott Thomas

If you are a successful actor, which is what I am, then you tend to get labelled very quickly and easily.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I'm a bit of a Doubting Thomas - always worrying about things.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I'm very wary of trust, you see.

Kristin Scott Thomas

Making films can be absolutely fantastic, but it can also be incredibly dull. You spend the whole day sitting by yourself in your trailer and then you get called to deliver one sentence - then you're told to come back and do it again at 5:30 the following morning.

Kristin Scott Thomas

We all come in different shapes and sizes, and that's fine by me.

Kristin Scott Thomas

Life is too short to live on low-fat everything.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about.

Kristin Scott Thomas

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.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I mean, if you're being directed very precisely by somebody who has admiration and who's really smart, it's great. If you're being told what to do by a nincompoop - and luckily that hasn't happened very often - it can be very frustrating.

Kristin Scott Thomas

The problem with being a film actress or a movie star is that people see you so huge that somehow you're visually massive or somehow you're in some removed space, which is a television or wherever. It somehow takes your humanity.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I think in most jobs, you get better as you get older. You gain experience, you gain knowledge.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.

Kristin Scott Thomas

Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced.

Kristin Scott Thomas