Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes
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I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable.
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It's very hard having a career in different continents and two different languages.
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I was happy, I wasn't beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasn't what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I don't know how my mother did it.
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There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs.
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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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I know I can be bolshy and really unpleasant, and it always happens if I lose confidence in the people I'm working with. If I've got no confidence in what I'm doing and they don't provide me with some assurance that we're doing the right thing then I bully people. I'm a horrible bully.
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I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.
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I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel.
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I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about.
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People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. They're not afraid of them. It's one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it.
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My children are lovely. They're perfect.
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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 find it very difficult to be two different characters at the same time - actress and mother.
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I am sure that, had I grown up with both parents, had I grown up in a safe environment, had I grown up with a feeling of safety rather than danger, I would not be the way I am.
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Men don't fall in love with me - only young ones.
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I'm very good at forgetting people.
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People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different.
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We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer.
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I'm very lazy!
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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 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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Boarding school is a wicked thing.
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I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look.