Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes
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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 never raise my voice!
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I find it very difficult to be two different characters at the same time - actress and mother.
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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.
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I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.
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I'm very good at forgetting people.
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I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it.
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The parts I've been most successful in are the ones I've desperately, desperately wanted.
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When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.
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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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Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty.
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It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet.
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I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.
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Boarding school is a wicked thing.
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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.
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I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel.
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Everyone loves to hate a spin doctor.
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I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.
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Films are just consumables.
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I do not want to pour out my heart to the world. I am cautious of what I say and to whom.
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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 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.
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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.
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Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys.