Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompsonis a British actress, a comedian, and a writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth15 April 1959
CityLondon, England
daughters looking mothers people survive worried
They still get jilted. They're still looking for people to marry. They're still worried about how they are going to survive financially. There are still mothers who want to get their daughters married.
daughter mother thinking
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.
daughter mother high-heels
My mother has never approved of high heels. As a result, I have never been able to walk in high heels - and they were all I ever wanted. So of course, my daughter has two pairs.
daughter mother husband
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.
daughter baby helping-others
I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter, and able to give people a clean drink of water. I don't want images of starving babies at the breast in my mind. I want that to change. And if I want that, I had better do something about it.
daughter mother husband
When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result.
daughter mother morning
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!
names winston
I've been toying with names like Winston and Clementine, but I don't think they're going to wash,
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The way, I think, anything has ever really changed on this planet is through large groups of very ordinary people saying something finally.
gets given name names sort thinking
Every name I think of gets pooh-poohed by my partner, the young Mr. Greg Wise, ... I've sort of given up thinking of names now.
certainly charities developing english-actress huge took trouble
I think if you took charities and NGOs out of the mix, certainly in developing countries, you would find that there would be huge trouble immediately.
children terrible
I think it would be terrible if what children come away (with) from this movie was that you've always got to behave. No! Not so!
opposite reached
Having reached 40 this year, if they were going to find someone to play opposite me they'd have to exhume him.
nanny react
She was the only one that didn't react to me when I was in Nanny mode.