“I know I can be bolshy and really unpleasant, and it always happens if I lose confidence in the people I'm working with. If I've got no confidence in what I'm doing and they don't provide me with some assurance that we're doing the right thing then I bully people. I'm a horrible bully.” PeopleIfsKnowsI CanHappensLosesHorribleRight ThingBullyAssuranceDoing The Right ThingNo Confidence Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“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.” WantFeelsCharacterActorsGainsFantasticApprovedThis Is Me Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“I can't get into all that physical stuff of having to have flawless skin... Sometimes you see people and it looks like someone's got an eraser and made their face a little blurry - their traits seem to go out of focus.” PeopleLooksLittlesMadeI CanSometimesSeemsFacesStuffFocusSkinsTraitsFlawlessErasersBlurry Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached to me, I feel like banging my head against the wall. There's this perception that I can only be in a film if I have a glass of champagne in my hand and a stately home in the background.” IfsFeelsI CanHomeHandsFilmWrittenSeeingWallPerceptionGlassesBackgroundsIceQueensFedsChampagneFed UpBangingIce Queen Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“I mean, if you're being directed very precisely by somebody who has admiration and who's really smart, it's great. If you're being told what to do by a nincompoop - and luckily that hasn't happened very often - it can be very frustrating.” IfsMeanHappenedSmartAdmirationFrustratingReally Smart Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It's fun acting in a foreign language. You're liberated or freed from preconceptions.” DifferentLanguageFunActingLiberatedForeign LanguagePreconceptions Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“If you make a film about a pig farmer in Wales and you are a huge hit as the pig farmer's wife, the next thing is you'll be asked to do a film about a sheep farmer in Scotland.” IfsFilmNextWifeHugeFarmersSheepPigsScotlandWales Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“Making films can be absolutely fantastic, but it can also be incredibly dull. You spend the whole day sitting by yourself in your trailer and then you get called to deliver one sentence - then you're told to come back and do it again at 5:30 the following morning.” WholeFilmMorningSittingFollowingSentencesFantasticDullTrailersOne Sentence Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“Sometimes, I think I could have been a major movie star with the vast mansion and staff. I look at my Volvo and think it could be a limousine. I think of the roles I turned down. But then I wouldn't have had any children.” ThinkingLooksChildrenHas BeensSometimesActorsStarsRolesMajorsMovieStaffMovie StarCould Have BeenMansionsTurned DownLimousinesVolvo Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources.” LittlesMadeDifferentBigsFilmPoliticalResourcesBudgetsRemarkableMakersRegimesFestivalsFilm FestivalsCannesCannes Film Festival Author:Kristin Scott Thomas