Quotes by Emma Thompson

About Emma Thompson:

Emma Thompson is a British actress, comedienne, screenwriter and author. Cited as one of the greatest British actresses of her generation, she is known for her portrayals of reticent women in period dramas and literary adaptations, often playing haughty or matronly characters with a sense of irony.
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Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

Emma Thompson

My worst quality is impatience.

Emma Thompson

We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really.

Emma Thompson

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

Emma Thompson

It's not my fault that there is this gap between rich and poor, it is the fault of governments. I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter.

Emma Thompson

I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately.

Emma Thompson

London has always been a haven for victims of cruelty, and been improved by them. Yet I can see it changing now. Outsiders are demonised, there are little bits of legislation, people are scared.

Emma Thompson

When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result.

Emma Thompson

My mother has never approved of high heels. As a result, I have never been able to walk in high heels - and they were all I ever wanted. So of course, my daughter has two pairs.

Emma Thompson

The thing that influenced me most in relation to 'Nanny McPhee' were the Westerns I watched with my father. All the Spaghetti Westerns; all the Virginians; all the High Chaparrals. Because if you think about the form, it's a stranger from out of town...

Emma Thompson

If you're actually allowing your creative part to control your writing rather than a more commercial instinct or motive, then you'll find that all sorts of interesting things will bubble up to the surface.

Emma Thompson

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.

Emma Thompson

My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman.

Emma Thompson

During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing.

Emma Thompson

Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about someone at the beginning of the film and the end of the film.

Emma Thompson

You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.

Emma Thompson

British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.

Emma Thompson

Children are the most wonderful audiences. What's struck me most is that that they watch it so silently, until the end when they shriek and shout and clap.

Emma Thompson

I don't have technique because I never learnt any.

Emma Thompson

I think the point about ActionAid is what it's asking people to do is engage with poor people in developing countries and understand what their lives are like and understand how the way we live our lives impacts on theirs.

Emma Thompson

Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.

Emma Thompson

Author Bio

  • NameEmma Thompson
  • Descriptionactress, screenwriter
  • BornApril 15, 1959
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor; Comedian; Film Director
  • AwardsList Of Awards And Nominations Received By Emma Thompson; Academy Award For Best Actress; Writers Guild Of America Award; Primetime Emmy Award