Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
-
I started looking at fashion magazines, specifically 'British Vogue.' I was reading a lot about Cecil Beaton. Then I thought maybe I should start collecting.
-
I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
-
On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
-
Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
-
I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
-
It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
-
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
-
My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
-
The old movie stars like Bogart, James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, they weren't this gorgeous, striking six-foot man who's rippled with muscles.
-
In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
-
Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
-
The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.
-
I do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.
-
Quirky is what a guy would call a girl he doesn't understand.
-
She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.
-
A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.
-
Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.
-
I think most people's careers in theater are based on delusion. It's just that mine started early.
-
I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
-
The big ideas always come in flashes. I don't really craft stories that much. I genuinely don't know where these people come from, and I've often wondered if writing is just a socially acceptable form of madness.
-
Only a woman can tell you what it's like to be a woman in a society where men are in charge. When you have one demographic that controls the livelihood of minorities, then you're always going to have abuses of power. So this goes way beyond Hollywood.
-
People sometimes say, "Isn't it boring, isn't it always the same? It's the same lines." I go, "Well, do you play tennis? Because that's the best analogy I can give." If you go out eight times and play tennis eight times this week, yeah it's the same rules but it's a different game every time you're out on that court.And that's the best analogy I can come up with the theater.
-
I'm not cynical. I cry at 'ET.' And 'Kung Fu Panda!'
-
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.
