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Emma Thompson quotes: We all need somewhere where we feel safe

We all need somewhere where we feel safe

Emma Thompson quotes: My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman.

My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman.

Emma Thompson quotes: Why do we wear them? They're so painful.

Why do we wear them? They're so painful.

Emma Thompson quotes: My worst quality is impatience.

My worst quality is impatience.

Emma Thompson quotes: A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look.

A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look.

Emma Thompson quotes: Got up this morning and could not find my glasses. Finally had to seek assistance. Kate [Winslet] found them inside a flower arrangement.

Got up this morning and could not find my glasses. Finally had to seek assistance. Kate [Winslet] found them inside a flower arrangement.

Emma Thompson quotes: The films I've made for children have been my hardest work, my best, because kids deserve the best.

The films I've made for children have been my hardest work, my best, because kids deserve the best.

Emma Thompson quotes: There is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and its final certainty.

There is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and its final certainty.

Emma Thompson quotes: The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great, so that everyone looks forward to it.

The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great, so that everyone looks forward to it.

Emma Thompson quotes: The flashbacks are parallel for me. You experience two storylines at the same time, and I'm not switching from one time to another.

The flashbacks are parallel for me. You experience two storylines at the same time, and I'm not switching from one time to another.

Emma Thompson quotes: Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.

Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.

Emma Thompson quotes: The fact is that young people are going to have sex whether you like it or not.

The fact is that young people are going to have sex whether you like it or not.

Emma Thompson quotes: Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about someone at the beginning of the film and the end of the film.

Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about someone at the beginning of the film and the end of the film.

Emma Thompson quotes: Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.

Emma Thompson quotes: I firmly believe there are books whose greatness actually enable you to live.

I firmly believe there are books whose greatness actually enable you to live.

Emma Thompson quotes: Without the ice, the earth will fall

Without the ice, the earth will fall

Emma Thompson quotes: Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.

Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.

Emma Thompson quotes: I ask Laurie if it's possible to get trained fish. Lindsay says this is how we know I've never produced a movie.

I ask Laurie if it's possible to get trained fish. Lindsay says this is how we know I've never produced a movie.

Emma Thompson quotes: It's such a cold night and it's the only time I've actively been grateful for menopause. I've been entirely comfortable.

It's such a cold night and it's the only time I've actively been grateful for menopause. I've been entirely comfortable.

Emma Thompson quotes: Let's stop feeling so guilty about global warming

Let's stop feeling so guilty about global warming

Emma Thompson quotes: I Don't Need the nicotene patch, Penny - I smoke cigarettes.

I Don't Need the nicotene patch, Penny - I smoke cigarettes.

Emma Thompson quotes: Anyone who tries to deny #ClimateChange looks a little bit bonkers.

Anyone who tries to deny #ClimateChange looks a little bit bonkers.

Emma Thompson quotes: Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.

Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.

Emma Thompson quotes: It's about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it.

It's about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it.

Emma Thompson quotes: Laughter is a celebration of our failings. That's what clowns are for. And that's what I am.

Laughter is a celebration of our failings. That's what clowns are for. And that's what I am.

Emma Thompson quotes: The insanity of consumption bothers me. Talk about the opiate of the masses. It ain't religion anymore. It's stuff.

The insanity of consumption bothers me. Talk about the opiate of the masses. It ain't religion anymore. It's stuff.

Emma Thompson quotes: I've realized that in all the great stories, even if there's a happily-ever-after ending, there's something sad.

I've realized that in all the great stories, even if there's a happily-ever-after ending, there's something sad.

Emma Thompson quotes: Once you're a mom, you've been split into two people. It's like Peter Pan and his shadow.

Once you're a mom, you've been split into two people. It's like Peter Pan and his shadow.

Emma Thompson quotes: Piracy is our only option.

Piracy is our only option.

Emma Thompson quotes: You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.

You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.

Emma Thompson quotes: What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together.

What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together.

Emma Thompson quotes: I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay.

I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay.

Emma Thompson quotes: Don't ever go on a diet. Just don't. Walk away. Diets are the spawn of Satan.

Don't ever go on a diet. Just don't. Walk away. Diets are the spawn of Satan.

Emma Thompson quotes: There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think that's true. Although you should never work with donkeys.

There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think that's true. Although you should never work with donkeys.

Emma Thompson quotes: Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life.

Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life.

Emma Thompson quotes: I've never been on the cover of Empire. I'm very bitter. I've got an award but now I feel sad and cross.

I've never been on the cover of Empire. I'm very bitter. I've got an award but now I feel sad and cross.

Emma Thompson quotes: Difficult for actors to extemporise in nineteenth-century English. Except for Robert Hardy and Elizabeth Spriggs, who speak that way anyway.

Difficult for actors to extemporise in nineteenth-century English. Except for Robert Hardy and Elizabeth Spriggs, who speak that way anyway.

Emma Thompson quotes: We have to reinvest, I think, in the idea of articulacy as a form of personal human freedom and power.

We have to reinvest, I think, in the idea of articulacy as a form of personal human freedom and power.

Emma Thompson quotes: (On period costume posture coachingWe all stand about like parboiled spaghetti being straightened out.

(On period costume posture coaching
We all stand about like parboiled spaghetti being straightened out.

Emma Thompson quotes: I have a lot of people to thank but they're none of them here so I'm not going to bother.

I have a lot of people to thank but they're none of them here so I'm not going to bother.

Emma Thompson quotes: Up 5.15 a.m. thinking, packpackpack. I appear to have accumulated more things. How did this happen? I haven't shopped. Think my bath oils have bred.

Up 5.15 a.m. thinking, packpackpack. I appear to have accumulated more things. How did this happen? I haven't shopped. Think my bath oils have bred.

Emma Thompson quotes: I don't have technique because I never learnt any.

I don't have technique because I never learnt any.

Emma Thompson quotes: Is love a fancy or a feeling.... or a Ferrars?

Is love a fancy or a feeling.... or a Ferrars?

Emma Thompson quotes: Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

Emma Thompson quotes: When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result.

When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result.

Emma Thompson quotes: I am who I am, and there is nothing I can do about that.

I am who I am, and there is nothing I can do about that.

Emma Thompson quotes: We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really.

We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really.

Emma Thompson quotes: Well, I met Sandy Bullock at an awards thing a couple years ago, and she said to me, 'If I were gay, you'd be the one.' and I said, 'I'm

Well, I met Sandy Bullock at an awards thing a couple years ago, and she said to me, 'If I were gay, you'd be the one.' and I said, 'I'm there!'

Emma Thompson quotes: Constantly worrying about your reflection and criticizing your body, shape and size is an act of violence against yourself.

Constantly worrying about your reflection and criticizing your body, shape and size is an act of violence against yourself.

Emma Thompson quotes: Kissing Hugh was lovely. Glad I invented it. Can't rely on Austen for a snog, that's for sure.

Kissing Hugh was lovely. Glad I invented it. Can't rely on Austen for a snog, that's for sure.

Emma Thompson quotes: Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

Emma Thompson quotes: I think people say you shouldn't work with children or animals, but you must only work with children.

I think people say you shouldn't work with children or animals, but you must only work with children.

Emma Thompson quotes: Sometimes you'll have some things, and sometimes you'll have other things. And you do not need it all at once; it's not good for you.

Sometimes you'll have some things, and sometimes you'll have other things. And you do not need it all at once; it's not good for you.

Emma Thompson quotes: I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.

I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.

Emma Thompson quotes: I think our hearts are very chemical and we change the way we see people according to how we feel about them. That's what love is, in a way.

I think our hearts are very chemical and we change the way we see people according to how we feel about them. That's what love is, in a way.

Emma Thompson quotes: Sense and Sensibility signs litter Devon arrows with S & S on. Whenever Ang [Lee] sees a B & B sign he thinks it's for another movie.

Sense and Sensibility signs litter Devon
arrows with S & S on. Whenever Ang [Lee] sees a B & B sign he thinks it's for another movie.

Emma Thompson quotes: When you need me, but do not want me then I must stay. But when you want me but no longer need me, I have to go

When you need me, but do not want me then I must stay. But when you want me but no longer need me, I have to go

Emma Thompson quotes: I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups.

I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups.

Emma Thompson quotes: Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

Emma Thompson quotes: British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.

British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.