Emma Thompson Quotes: top 100 famous sayings about Emma Thompson

I have had lots of friends who've been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I have had lots of friends who've been affected by Aids and a very good

My godfather sad that story was abut taking the chaotic jigsaw of life, making it into a picture and putting a frame around it so that we could look at it, have control over it. Story and art are the humanizing elements of us. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: My godfather sad that story was abut taking the chaotic jigsaw of life, making it

I Don't Need the nicotene patch, Penny - I smoke cigarettes. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I Don't Need the nicotene patch, Penny - I smoke cigarettes.

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

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.

Our first point of discussion is the hunt. ( ... ) My idea is to start the film with an image of the vixen locked out of her lair which has been plugged up. Her terror as she's pursued across the country. This is a big deal. It means training a fox from birth or dressing up a dog to look like a fox. Or hiring David Attenbrorough, who probably knows a few foxes well enough to ask a favour. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Our first point of discussion is the hunt. ( ... ) My idea is to

I think it's [the AIDS fight] the most important and most pressing one - I think it's a global emergency and I think in a way we all have to address it and engage with it because I think it's the biggest threat to the human race that we have ever faced. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I think it's [the AIDS fight] the most important and most pressing one - I

The flashbacks are parallel for me. You experience two storylines at the same time, and I'm not switching from one time to another. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: The flashbacks are parallel for me. You experience two storylines at the same time, and

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

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.

I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty sherry bottle which is, of course, a typical scene from my daily life, so isn't much of a stretch. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to

Laughter is a celebration of our failings. That's what clowns are for. And that's what I am. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Laughter is a celebration of our failings. That's what clowns are for. And that's what

Without the ice, the earth will fall — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Without the ice, the earth will fall

I was in Los Angeles making 'Dead Again' and the producer, Lindsay Doran , asked me if I'd be interested in adapting this book, .. Austen is my favorite author and I thought, 'Well, of course, I'd be very interested, but I don't know how. I don't know where to start, A, writing a screenplay and B, sort of adapting it from a great novel. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I was in Los Angeles making 'Dead Again' and the producer, Lindsay Doran , asked

Children are much more understanding of the suddenness and arbitrariness of death than we are. The old fairy tales contain a lot of that, and we've stolen from them, just as they stole from Greek myth, which has that same mixture of pre-Christian chaos. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Children are much more understanding of the suddenness and arbitrariness of death than we are.

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

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: This morning, I went to wipe my hands on a tea towel, and while I

I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate

When you need me, but do not want me then I must stay. But when you want me but no longer need me, I have to go — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: When you need me, but do not want me then I must stay. But when

I firmly believe there are books whose greatness actually enable you to live. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I firmly believe there are books whose greatness actually enable you to live.

I don't mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it's not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in one's field. Public perks. Like, I don't know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I don't mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it's not necessarily

It's not funny at all that we do all that advertising for children. Why is advertising for children allowed? What possible reason can there be for having those effing adverts on TV for all this crap that's made by poor people in poor countries that we sell our children who have too much? — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: It's not funny at all that we do all that advertising for children. Why is

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

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: And it's absolutely true that male sexual behaviour and female responses to male demands change

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

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your

Is love a fancy or a feeling.... or a Ferrars? — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Is love a fancy or a feeling.... or a Ferrars?

We all need somewhere where we feel safe — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: We all need somewhere where we feel safe

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

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: It's about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I

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

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I do think that despite my best efforts to resist it, I am now a

But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel

We have to reinvest, I think, in the idea of articulacy as a form of personal human freedom and power. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: We have to reinvest, I think, in the idea of articulacy as a form of

I've never been on the cover of Empire. I'm very bitter. I've got an award but now I feel sad and cross. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I've never been on the cover of Empire. I'm very bitter. I've got an award

If you don't want women to do whatever they need to do then you must provide them with food, you must provide them with shelter and their basic human rights. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: If you don't want women to do whatever they need to do then you must

Very nice lady served us drinks in hotel and was followed in by a cat. We all crooned at it. Alan [Rickman] to cat (very low and meaning it): 'Fuck off.' The nice lady didn't turn a hair. The cat looked slightly embarrassed but stayed. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Very nice lady served us drinks in hotel and was followed in by a cat.

What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy

Press conference [on the movie Carrington] yielded the usual crop of daftness. I've been asked if I related personally to Carrington's tortured relationship with sex and replied that no, not really, I'd had a very pleasant time since I was fifteen. This elicited very disapproving copy from the Brits ... No wonder people think we don't have sex in England. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Press conference [on the movie Carrington] yielded the usual crop of daftness. I've been asked

My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to

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

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Once you're a mom, you've been split into two people. It's like Peter Pan and

I understand what it's like to come with your family, and to uproot yourself and come to another culture. You need a lot of support. People say, 'She's got her daughter; she's got her husband.' Yeah, but she hasn't got anyone else. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I understand what it's like to come with your family, and to uproot yourself and

Jane reminds us that God is in his heaven, the monarch on his throne and the pelvis firmly beneath the ribcage. Apparently rock and roll liberated the pelvis and it hasn't been the same since. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Jane reminds us that God is in his heaven, the monarch on his throne and

I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become a piece of connective tissue. I'm trying to communicate with people here and in America - in rich countries - about what I see on the ground in badly affected areas. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become

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

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Constantly worrying about your reflection and criticizing your body, shape and size is an act

I think people say you shouldn't work with children or animals, but you must only work with children. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I think people say you shouldn't work with children or animals, but you must only

Edward finds Elinor crying for her dead father, offers her his handkerchief and their love story commences. Ang [Lee] very anxious that we think about what we want to do. I'm very anxious not to do anything and certainly not to think about it. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Edward finds Elinor crying for her dead father, offers her his handkerchief and their love

I am who I am, and there is nothing I can do about that. — Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I am who I am, and there is nothing I can do about that.

I once worked with Emma Thompson's mother, Phyllida Law. I worked with her on a BBC drama, and she was hilarious. I loved her so much, and she was great to work with. — Thomas Sangster Emma Thompson Sayings By Thomas Sangster: I once worked with Emma Thompson's mother, Phyllida Law. I worked with her on a

Emma Thompson Sayings By Thomas Sangster: I once worked with Emma Thompson's mother, Phyllida Law. I worked with her on a

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 Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world

It's not my fault that there is this gap between rich and poor, it is the fault of governments. I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: It's not my fault that there is this gap between rich and poor, it is

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: It's not my fault that there is this gap between rich and poor, it is

Children are the most wonderful audiences. What's struck me most is that that they watch it so silently, until the end when they shriek and shout and clap. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Children are the most wonderful audiences. What's struck me most is that that they watch

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Children are the most wonderful audiences. What's struck me most is that that they watch

Shooting Willoughby carrying Marianne up the path ... Male strength
the desire to be cradled again? ... I'd love someone to pick me up and carry me off. Frightening. Lindsay assures me I'd start to fidget after a while. She's such a comfort. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Shooting Willoughby carrying Marianne up the path ... Male strength the desire to be cradled

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Shooting Willoughby carrying Marianne up the path ... Male strength the desire to be cradled

Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is

I have a lot of people to thank but they're none of them here so I'm not going to bother. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I have a lot of people to thank but they're none of them here so

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I have a lot of people to thank but they're none of them here so

I think that the Bible as a system of moral guidance in the 21st century is insufficient, to put it mildly. I feel quite strongly that we need a new moral lodestone if we can't rely on what is inside our own selves. Which I think, actually, is pretty reliable. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I think that the Bible as a system of moral guidance in the 21st century

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I think that the Bible as a system of moral guidance in the 21st century

Piracy is our only option. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Piracy is our only option.

Horror. I can't manage it. I become
well
horrified. Self-help books have a similar effect.
When asked, "Any literary genre you simply can't be bothered with?" - (By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from the NYT Book Review, by Pamela Paul) — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Horror. I can't manage it. I becomewellhorrified. Self-help books have a similar effect. When asked,

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Horror. I can't manage it. I becomewellhorrified. Self-help books have a similar effect. When asked,

I told my agent which women I aspire to have a career like: Frances McDormand, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney and Emma Thompson - character actresses who have something to say. I also said that I loved Madeline Kahn and Jessica Lange. — Rachael Harris Emma Thompson Sayings By Rachael Harris: I told my agent which women I aspire to have a career like: Frances McDormand,

Emma Thompson Sayings By Rachael Harris: I told my agent which women I aspire to have a career like: Frances McDormand,

If screenwriters have to kill off a female character, they love to give her cancer. We've seen so many great actresses go down to the Big C: Ali MacGraw, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Debra Winger, Susan Sarandon. — Geraldine Brooks Emma Thompson Sayings By Geraldine Brooks: If screenwriters have to kill off a female character, they love to give her cancer.

Emma Thompson Sayings By Geraldine Brooks: If screenwriters have to kill off a female character, they love to give her cancer.

Anyone who tries to deny #ClimateChange looks a little bit bonkers. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Anyone who tries to deny #ClimateChange looks a little bit bonkers.

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Anyone who tries to deny #ClimateChange looks a little bit bonkers.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and

Don't ever go on a diet. Just don't. Walk away. Diets are the spawn of Satan. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Don't ever go on a diet. Just don't. Walk away. Diets are the spawn of

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Don't ever go on a diet. Just don't. Walk away. Diets are the spawn of

If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So

But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them - up to now have been very unwilling to accept, for instance, the promotion of condom use — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and

The fact is that young people are going to have sex whether you like it or not. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: The fact is that young people are going to have sex whether you like it

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: The fact is that young people are going to have sex whether you like it

The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great, so that everyone looks forward to it. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great, so that

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great, so that

I think we're creating a situation that's incredibly dangerous. There's a lot of chat at the moment about the war on terror and whilst there are many causes for acts of terrorism, what kind of society are you creating if you allow civil society in Africa to die and create millions upon millions of orphans? Where are they going to go? What kind of cults, what kind of militias, what's going to happen? The accession of violence in those countries, the possibility of that, to me is very terrifying. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I think we're creating a situation that's incredibly dangerous. There's a lot of chat at

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I think we're creating a situation that's incredibly dangerous. There's a lot of chat at

A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about

When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as

I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay.

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay.

I loved 'Truly Madly Deeply' and all those 1990s romcoms because you had great actresses like Juliet Stevenson and Emma Thompson starting out. — Helen George Emma Thompson Sayings By Helen George: I loved 'Truly Madly Deeply' and all those 1990s romcoms because you had great actresses

Emma Thompson Sayings By Helen George: I loved 'Truly Madly Deeply' and all those 1990s romcoms because you had great actresses

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm

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 Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I'm an atheist. I suppose you can call me a sort of libertarian anarchist. I

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I'm an atheist. I suppose you can call me a sort of libertarian anarchist. I

London has always been a haven for victims of cruelty, and been improved by them. Yet I can see it changing now. Outsiders are demonised, there are little bits of legislation, people are scared. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: London has always been a haven for victims of cruelty, and been improved by them.

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: London has always been a haven for victims of cruelty, and been improved by them.

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 Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think

Families are weird. You'd think that people who live and eat and sleep in the same place would always have a lot in common. But sometimes they don't have anything in common AT ALL. You can have a brother who really likes ballet and a sister who thinks it's girlie. You could probably have Darth Vader and Mickey Mouse in the same family; they're that weird. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Families are weird. You'd think that people who live and eat and sleep in the

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Families are weird. You'd think that people who live and eat and sleep in the

The best way [to survive] the red carpet is by wearing Ugg boots. But unfortunately, I have not yet managed to persuade the people who style me at these times to let me do that. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: The best way [to survive] the red carpet is by wearing Ugg boots. But unfortunately,

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: The best way [to survive] the red carpet is by wearing Ugg boots. But unfortunately,

Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise ... — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To

When you buy Fairtrade products you can guarantee that the farmers who have worked hard to grow them get a minimum price. Fairtrade is a way of giving regular support - and enjoying delicious high quality foods at the same time. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: When you buy Fairtrade products you can guarantee that the farmers who have worked hard

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: When you buy Fairtrade products you can guarantee that the farmers who have worked hard

Difficult for actors to extemporise in nineteenth-century English. Except for Robert Hardy and Elizabeth Spriggs, who speak that way anyway. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Difficult for actors to extemporise in nineteenth-century English. Except for Robert Hardy and Elizabeth Spriggs,

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Difficult for actors to extemporise in nineteenth-century English. Except for Robert Hardy and Elizabeth Spriggs,

I got quite cross when I heard about Emma Thompson adapting 'Sense and Sensibility.' It was absolutely childish of me, but I thought, 'I should be doing that. They didn't even ask me.' Some mistake, surely. — Andrew Davies Emma Thompson Sayings By Andrew Davies: I got quite cross when I heard about Emma Thompson adapting 'Sense and Sensibility.' It

Emma Thompson Sayings By Andrew Davies: I got quite cross when I heard about Emma Thompson adapting 'Sense and Sensibility.' It

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 Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but

One is a child when one has a child. No one says, 'You will never be the same again.' Which is the truth! And we're all supposed to be happy all the time. What is that about? — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: One is a child when one has a child. No one says, 'You will never

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: One is a child when one has a child. No one says, 'You will never

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. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Sometimes you'll have some things, and sometimes you'll have other things. And you do not

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Sometimes you'll have some things, and sometimes you'll have other things. And you do not

Quick dinner with ... Ang [Lee] and his wife Jane who's visiting with the children for a while. We talked about her work as a microbiologist and the behaviour of the epithingalingie under the influence of cholesterol. She's fascinated by cholesterol. Says it's very beautiful: bright yellow. She says Ang is wholly uninterested. He has no idea what she does.
I check this out for myself. 'What does Jane do?' I ask.
'Science,' he says vaguely. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Quick dinner with ... Ang [Lee] and his wife Jane who's visiting with the children

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Quick dinner with ... Ang [Lee] and his wife Jane who's visiting with the children

Up 5.15 a.m. thinking, packpackpack. I appear to have accumulated more things. How did this happen? I haven't shopped. Think my bath oils have bred. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Up 5.15 a.m. thinking, packpackpack. I appear to have accumulated more things. How did this

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Up 5.15 a.m. thinking, packpackpack. I appear to have accumulated more things. How did this

There is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and its final certainty. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: There is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and its final

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: There is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and its final

Girlfriends are vital ... Maggie [Gyllenhaal] and I will always see each other when Maggie's in London or I'm here. We'll always make time to sit and catch up properly. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Girlfriends are vital ... Maggie [Gyllenhaal] and I will always see each other when Maggie's

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Girlfriends are vital ... Maggie [Gyllenhaal] and I will always see each other when Maggie's

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. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really

Lindsay [Doran] goes round the table and introduces everyone
making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Lindsay [Doran] goes round the table and introduces everyone making it clear that I am

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Lindsay [Doran] goes round the table and introduces everyone making it clear that I am

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication.

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication.

I don't have technique because I never learnt any. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I don't have technique because I never learnt any.

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I don't have technique because I never learnt any.

Marianne Dashwood looks at gray skies and sees blue. That's all very well, and it's not something you ever want entirely to lose. But you must lose a little of it; otherwise you're going to get wet. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Marianne Dashwood looks at gray skies and sees blue. That's all very well, and it's

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Marianne Dashwood looks at gray skies and sees blue. That's all very well, and it's

Some of us don't have the energy to be as incredible and riotous and fantastic as Emma Thompson. You're constantly just lapping up her incredible hilariousness. — Alice Englert Emma Thompson Sayings By Alice Englert: Some of us don't have the energy to be as incredible and riotous and fantastic

Emma Thompson Sayings By Alice Englert: Some of us don't have the energy to be as incredible and riotous and fantastic

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 Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Sometimes I get to put on posh frocks and be Madam Glamour, the vendor of

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Sometimes I get to put on posh frocks and be Madam Glamour, the vendor of

Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about someone at the beginning of the film and the end of the film. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about

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 Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily; those two things

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily; those two things

Sense and Sensibility signs litter Devon
arrows with S & S on. Whenever Ang [Lee] sees a B & B sign he thinks it's for another movie. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Sense and Sensibility signs litter Devon arrows with S & S on. Whenever Ang [Lee]

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Sense and Sensibility signs litter Devon arrows with S & S on. Whenever Ang [Lee]

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 Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films

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 Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: The trouble is it's very difficult to pin-point the most important thing because Aids affects

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: The trouble is it's very difficult to pin-point the most important thing because Aids affects

I seem finally to have stopped worrying about Elinor, and age. She seems now to be perfectly normal
about twenty-five, a witty control freak. I like her but I can see how she would drive you mad. She's just the sort of person you'd want to get drunk, just to make her giggling and silly. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I seem finally to have stopped worrying about Elinor, and age. She seems now to

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I seem finally to have stopped worrying about Elinor, and age. She seems now to

Got up this morning and could not find my glasses. Finally had to seek assistance. Kate [Winslet] found them inside a flower arrangement. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Got up this morning and could not find my glasses. Finally had to seek assistance.

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Got up this morning and could not find my glasses. Finally had to seek assistance.

Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and

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 Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: We've got people looking at our seamy side and our sad side a lot of

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: We've got people looking at our seamy side and our sad side a lot of

I've realized that in all the great stories, even if there's a happily-ever-after ending, there's something sad. — Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I've realized that in all the great stories, even if there's a happily-ever-after ending, there's

Emma Thompson Sayings By Emma Thompson: I've realized that in all the great stories, even if there's a happily-ever-after ending, there's

I have a lot of respect and admiration for someone like Cate Blanchett, find Emma Thompson wonderful, Meryl Streep inspiring, Juliette Binoche full of light and Catherine Deneuve incredible. — Clemence Poesy Emma Thompson Sayings By Clemence Poesy: I have a lot of respect and admiration for someone like Cate Blanchett, find Emma

Emma Thompson Sayings By Clemence Poesy: I have a lot of respect and admiration for someone like Cate Blanchett, find Emma

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