Kristin Scott Thomas

Actress

1960-05-24

Kristin Scott Thomas is an English actress known for Four Weddings and a Funeral, The English Patient, and I've Loved You So Long. She has received Academy Award and BAFTA nominations.

Quotes by Kristin Scott Thomas

I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it.
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I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.
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People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. They're not afraid of them. It's one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it.
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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.
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I can't get into all that physical stuff of having to have flawless skin... Sometimes you see people and it looks like someone's got an eraser and made their face a little blurry - their traits seem to go out of focus.
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Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.
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I'm not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people.
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I'm very wary of trust, you see.
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Boarding school is a wicked thing.
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Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months.
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In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.'
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