Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes
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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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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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I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.
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It's very hard having a career in different continents and two different languages.
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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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I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look.
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I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.
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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 was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel.
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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 like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about.
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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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My children are lovely. They're perfect.
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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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Boarding school is a wicked thing.
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People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different.
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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 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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I'm very lazy!
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We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer.
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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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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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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.