Scott Thomas
Scott Thomas
sweet mean people
It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet.
two favorites-things baths
Baths are my favorite thing. I can have two, three a day.
school leftovers gang
At school, I always wanted to belong to a gang, and no one would have me. So I'd have make my own gang, but with everybody else's leftovers.
thinking two long
After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two.
vision acting months
Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months.
appreciate long parent
It takes a long time to appreciate one's parents.
children adults shock
As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly.
men numbers giving
When you make a film, you sign a contract with somebody, and it's not only legally binding but morally binding. You agree to give this man a certain number of weeks of your life, and you just go for it as much as possible. Because, whatever happens, the film is going to come out, so you might as well try very hard to make it a good one.
morning sitting dull
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.
pigs scotland sheep
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.
fun acting different
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.
movie stars children
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.
people quality use
People accuse me of being Methody, but I'm not at all. The one thing I don't want people to see is me. I don't want them to be able to recognize my faults and failures and qualities, and I won't use those things to spark off emotions or to illustrate.
smart mean admiration
I mean, if you're being directed very precisely by somebody who has admiration and who's really smart, it's great. If you're being told what to do by a nincompoop - and luckily that hasn't happened very often - it can be very frustrating.