English - Actress | May 24, 1960 -
Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.
Kristin Scott Thomas
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'The English Patient' was a huge turning point in my career and my life; it became this huge thing. But the whole Oscar build-up got completely out of control; I spent more time talking about that film than I spent making it!
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I'm very good at forgetting people.
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I'm a late developer.
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I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.
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People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. They're not afraid of them. It's one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it.
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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.
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My children are lovely. They're perfect.
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Films are just consumables.
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You don't choose a film because it's made by a woman, you choose it because it's good.
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The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources.
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As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about.
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