Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompsonis a British actress, a comedian, and a writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth15 April 1959
CityLondon, England
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.
names winston
I've been toying with names like Winston and Clementine, but I don't think they're going to wash,
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!
children generally naughty parents
Parents always think it's the kids' fault. If they're naughty, it's the kids' fault. Not true! Children generally are not naughty for no reason.
child supposed time truth
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?
longer took
It took them longer to get me dolled up for Elinor in Sense And Sensibility because it took so long to do the hair.
hard time wander
It was a hard time but you have to get on with things.You can't wander around miserable.
art excited interest office people post starting
There is a lot of interest in post office art today, I think people are appreciating what we have, ... We're excited and starting to look up to see what's there, and that is my purpose.
lovely
It's lovely to be here, and at least it's, you know, no effort.
chart hour kids less nine realized slowly
They were like, 'You can't have that. It's too expensive.' I was like, 'OK, 29.' Then I slowly went down to 17, 13, 11, nine. I said, 'I'm not going any less than nine. It's not going to make sense and there's not going to be enough kids.' But then I realized I could not chart nine kids in an hour and a half.
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.
changed english-actress groups large ordinary people planet saying
The way, I think, anything has ever really changed on this planet is through large groups of very ordinary people saying something finally.
nanny react
She was the only one that didn't react to me when I was in Nanny mode.