I mean my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory. Kristin Scott Thomas More Quotes by Kristin Scott Thomas More Quotes From Kristin Scott Thomas Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced. Kristin Scott Thomas crossings balanced careers I think in most jobs, you get better as you get older. You gain experience, you gain knowledge. Kristin Scott Thomas jobs knowledge thinking Men don't fall in love with me - only young ones. Kristin Scott Thomas falling-in-love young men Successful films are very dangerous things. Kristin Scott Thomas dangerous film successful The parts I've been most successful in are the ones I've desperately, desperately wanted. Kristin Scott Thomas successful wanted I have never met a woman who works who doesn't feel guilty. I mean we all deny it like crazy but deep down there is always that voice saying you should be at home. Kristin Scott Thomas crazy home mean I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day. Kristin Scott Thomas play morning trying As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now. Kristin Scott Thomas actors want character The problem with being a film actress or a movie star is that people see you so huge that somehow you're visually massive or somehow you're in some removed space, which is a television or wherever. It somehow takes your humanity. Kristin Scott Thomas movie space stars I was happy, I wasnt beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasnt what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I dont know how my mother did it. Kristin Scott Thomas pinching mother people I wouldn't want you to see me all the time on the screen, because I get bored of it myself! Kristin Scott Thomas screens bored want Everyone loves to hate a spin doctor. Kristin Scott Thomas doctors one-love hate I'm a late developer. Kristin Scott Thomas developers late I think people do work too much. I've never been able to understand the whole 'make hay while the sun shines' thing. Either I want to work or I don't want to work. Kristin Scott Thomas shining people thinking When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing. Kristin Scott Thomas speak-english class way With the theatre, your whole day is geared towards the evening's show, and that's the job. People usually go to work about 9 and come home around 5, or maybe 7. Kristin Scott Thomas home jobs people People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different. Kristin Scott Thomas different rose people I never raise my voice! Kristin Scott Thomas raises voice French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries. Kristin Scott Thomas french-culture ageing country I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel. Kristin Scott Thomas teenager lost way
