A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look. Emma Thompson More Quotes by Emma Thompson More Quotes From Emma Thompson ~I'm strict about manners. I think that kids have a horrible time with other people if they have bad manners.... The one thing you've got to be prepared to do as a parent is not to be liked from time to time.~ Emma Thompson parenting kids thinking 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 glasses flower morning It's not my fault that there is this gap between rich and poor, it is the fault of governments. I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter. Emma Thompson daughter mother thinking I`ve realized that in all the great stories, even if there`s a happily-ever-after ending, there`s something sad. Emma Thompson happily-ever-after ever-after stories The only way you can have it all is by delegating all the running of the home to other people - which I don't ever want to do... So you do it yourself, and it takes time and energy and effort. And if you give it the time, it's profoundly enjoyable. Emma Thompson home running people The thing that influenced me most in relation to 'Nanny McPhee' were the Westerns I watched with my father. All the Spaghetti Westerns; all the Virginians; all the High Chaparrals. Because if you think about the form, it's a stranger from out of town. Emma Thompson nannies father thinking I Don't Need the nicotene patch, Penny - I smoke cigarettes. Emma Thompson cigarette pennies needs If you're actually allowing your creative part to control your writing rather than a more commercial instinct or motive, then you'll find that all sorts of interesting things will bubble up to the surface. Emma Thompson creative writing interesting I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become a piece of connective tissue. I'm trying to communicate with people here and in America - in rich countries - about what I see on the ground in badly affected areas Emma Thompson rich-countries country thinking I have had lots of friends who've been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care. Emma Thompson friends good-friend men I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately. Emma Thompson hate trying order I am who I am, and there is nothing I can do about that. Emma Thompson love-actually groundhog-day who-i-am Let's stop feeling so guilty about global warming Emma Thompson global-warming guilty feelings I think the point about ActionAid is what it's asking people to do is engage with poor people in developing countries and understand what their lives are like and understand how the way we live our lives impacts on theirs. Emma Thompson impact country thinking Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise. Emma Thompson soul fire love-is I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty sherry bottle which is, of course, a typical scene from my daily life, so isn't much of a stretch. Emma Thompson typical film bottles 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 cold grateful night I ask Laurie it it's possible to get trained fish. Lindsay says this is how we know I've never produced a movie. Emma Thompson filmmaker motivational inspirational I understand what it's like to come with your family, and to uproot yourself and come to another culture. You need a lot of support. People say, 'She's got her daughter; she's got her husband.' Yeah, but she hasn't got anyone else. Emma Thompson daughter husband mother 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 bitter empires awards
