Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes
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We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer.
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I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about.
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We all come in different shapes and sizes, and that's fine by me.
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I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached to me, I feel like banging my head against the wall. There's this perception that I can only be in a film if I have a glass of champagne in my hand and a stately home in the background.
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I'm very lazy!
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Men don't fall in love with me - only young ones.
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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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There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs.
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My children are lovely. They're perfect.
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My life is European.
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People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different.
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My body is a baby machine.
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I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.
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I have a feeling I will work for a long, long time. I like it a lot... and I don't know. I just have a feeling that I'm going to be one of those people who go on for ever.
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'The English Patient' was a huge turning point in my career and my life; it became this huge thing. But the whole Oscar build-up got completely out of control; I spent more time talking about that film than I spent making it!
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Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.
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Movies make you immortal and ageless.
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Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting.
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I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.
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Sometimes, I think I could have been a major movie star with the vast mansion and staff. I look at my Volvo and think it could be a limousine. I think of the roles I turned down. But then I wouldn't have had any children.
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Life is too short to live on low-fat everything.
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As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about.
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French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.
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I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress.