Let's stop feeling so guilty about global warming Emma Thompson More Quotes by Emma Thompson More Quotes From Emma Thompson This morning, I went to wipe my hands on a tea towel, and while I was using it, it seemed like it felt a bit light. I unfolded it and realized my daughter had cut little bits out of it to make frocks for her dolls! Emma Thompson daughter mother morning I do think that despite my best efforts to resist it, I am now a grown-up. It's due to lots of very difficult decisions that you make over a long period of time - about motherhood, wifehood, and work, and all the things that one has to make decisions about. Emma Thompson best-effort motherhood thinking Laughter is a celebration of our failings. That's what clowns are for. And that's what I am. Emma Thompson celebration laughter failing 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 animal children thinking And it's absolutely true that male sexual behaviour and female responses to male demands change a lot when they start communicating - and the levels of the communication that I've seen on the ground in very, very poor areas are so high and I think why don't we have that here? Emma Thompson communication change thinking The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but it makes me very angry that religious leaders from this faith have tried to respond negatively to sexual education and to the promotion of condom use Emma Thompson condom-use religious education The fact is that young people are going to have sex whether you like it or not. Emma Thompson love life sex The trouble is it's very difficult to pin-point the most important thing because Aids affects everyone in different levels of society, differently and you have to respond to it differently. Emma Thompson hiv different important Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort. Emma Thompson effort mind looks You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily; those two things aren't ideal. We have an awful lot to work on and to debate about in relation to our working lives, because it isn't working for a lot of people, particularly for a lot of women. Emma Thompson awful two people We've got people looking at our seamy side and our sad side a lot of the time because that's easier. It's much more difficult to make a film about happiness with lots of jokes in it. Emma Thompson film sides people 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 groups different writing I'm an atheist. I suppose you can call me a sort of libertarian anarchist. I regard religion with fear and suspicion. It's not enough to say that I don't believe in God. I actually regard the system as distressing: I am offended by some of the things said in the Bible and the Qur'an and I refute them. Emma Thompson libertarian atheist believe I don't have technique because I never learnt any. Emma Thompson technique Why do we wear them? They're so painful. Emma Thompson heels high-heels painful The films I've made for children have been my hardest work, my best, because kids deserve the best. Emma Thompson mom mother inspiring We all need somewhere where we feel safe Emma Thompson safe feels needs Sometimes I get to put on posh frocks and be Madam Glamour, the vendor of my wares. My lovely friend Kath, a stylist, puts me into things I'd never dream of. But my real life is very different. It's very, very home-based - an intense domestic life, that's the core of everything. Emma Thompson real dream home I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter, and able to give people a clean drink of water. I don't want images of starving babies at the breast in my mind. I want that to change. And if I want that, I had better do something about it. Emma Thompson daughter helping-others baby It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly. Emma Thompson gaps tyrants thinking
