People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different. – Kristin Scott Thomas
I am sure that, had I grown up with both parents, had I grown up in a safe environment, had I grown up with a feeling of safety rather than danger, I would not be the way I am. – Kristin Scott Thomas
The parts I’ve been most successful in are the ones I’ve desperately, desperately wanted. – Kristin Scott Thomas
I am so bored with seeing stories about a mature man of 65 falling in love with a beautiful girl of 32. – Kristin Scott Thomas
I’m not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I’m too feeble. – 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. – Kristin Scott Thomas
As an adult, it’s a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it’s just hideous, ghastly. – Kristin Scott Thomas
I’m not used to being asked what I want to talk about. That’s why I’m an actress. Get told what to do, stand on the mark, say your words, wear this, look this way, look that way. – Kristin Scott Thomas
I’m not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people. – Kristin Scott Thomas
If you’re feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you’re different. – Kristin Scott Thomas
There’s something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women’s backs. – 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. – 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. – Kristin Scott Thomas
I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day. – Kristin Scott Thomas
In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.’ – Kristin Scott Thomas
You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you. – Kristin Scott Thomas
I mean, my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory. – Kristin Scott Thomas
It doesn’t make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet. – 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. – Kristin Scott Thomas
I think in most jobs, you get better as you get older. You gain experience, you gain knowledge. – Kristin Scott Thomas