Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes
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.

Quotes to Explore
-
Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
-
There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
-
My emergence has been slow and steady, I would say. I think I've improved every single year. I keep getting better; I keep getting fitter, sharper - and I'm not stopping.
-
I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
-
I am not in the business of suppressing books.
-
I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
-
I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
-
Most people who aspire to be president don't have a foreign policy and national security background. The exception was certainly Hillary Clinton.
-
We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
-
My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
-
I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine.
-
I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
-
For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's never really been like that. It's the opposite. I've always had this instinct to escape.
-
Enjoy every sandwich.
-
Unfortunately, 'chick flick' has become a term to describe most movies that I don't even like. They're these movies that, yes, have women in them but they really don't reflect who women are, and there's something kind of silly or shallow or gossipy about them.
-
I once interviewed my grandma for a class project about the Second World War. After 70 years filled with marriage, children, grandchildren, death, poverty and triumph, the thing about which she was unquestionably the proudest and most excited was that she and her family did their part during the war.
-
It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
-
You can observe a lot by watching.
-
I miss the silliness of the Nineties. What would society be like if 9/11 never happened? If that silliness was extended forever?
-
James Franco has turned his life into a real art project. In my opinion, that's the way to live.
-
I have the most beautiful souls in my life supporting me and helping me to follow my dreams. I love them more than I can ever express in words.
-
I think of the saddest thing I can and then add a sick dog to that. If I think of a sick dog from the beginning, I just stop there.
-
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.