That scene where my character is standing by the bed crying is so well-known because it’s something everyone’s been through, i had my heart very badly broken by Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh [ Branagh ]. So, I knew what it was like to find the necklace that was n’t meant for me.

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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.

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suffering kindness people

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

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disability inspiration mean

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

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I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them. I firmly believe there are books whose greatness actually enables you to live, to do something. And sometimes, human beings need story and narrative more than they need nourishment and food.

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believe book thinking

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

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badass care past

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

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

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

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desks matter writing

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.

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sometimes needs

We must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days are in fact here for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives.

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

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effective-listening family communication

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

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pie satisfaction faces

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

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advice children needs

I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.

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disease-and-death witty people

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

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

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

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mom two people

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

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important together trying

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

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body reflection worry

I've a problem with the word charity because I think that NGOs, as I prefer calling them, really do take the work of moral and social responsibilities that ought to be taken on by governments.

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