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
teenager way lost
I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel.
rose people different
People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different.
character thinking play
I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look.
hate doctors one-love
Everyone loves to hate a spin doctor.
safe-environment safety parent
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.
actresses ashamed difficult
I find it difficult to explain, but I'm quite ashamed of being an actress.
thinking cost benz
You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you.
school wicked wicked-things
Boarding school is a wicked thing.
film made you-choose
You don't choose a film because it's made by a woman, you choose it because it's good.
successful wanted
The parts I've been most successful in are the ones I've desperately, desperately wanted.
successful film dangerous
Successful films are very dangerous things.
falling-in-love men young
Men don't fall in love with me - only young ones.
want way actresses
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.
thinking interesting actors
As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about.