Kristin Scott Thomas
Kristin Scott Thomas
Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas, DBEis an English actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award for Four Weddings and a Funeraland received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for The English Patient. For her work in the theatre, she has been nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress five times, winning in 2008 for the Royal Court revival of The Seagull...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth24 May 1960
thinking artist brave
I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.
regret past fading
Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty.
stars thinking numbers
I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.
character giving stories
I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.
children perfect lovely
My children are lovely. They're perfect.
I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.
school terrible
I was terrible at school.
voice raises
I never raise my voice!
film
I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.
baby body machines
My body is a baby machine.
thinking people shining
I think people do work too much. I've never been able to understand the whole 'make hay while the sun shines' thing. Either I want to work or I don't want to work.
late developers
I'm a late developer.
memories father mean
I mean, my father was killed when I was six. And I only have tiny, tiny flashes of memory.
speak-english class way
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.