Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompsonis a British actress, a comedian, and a writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth15 April 1959
CityLondon, England
heart love-is thinking
I think our hearts are very chemical and we change the way we see people according to how we feel about them. That's what love is, in a way.
nice writing tables
Lindsay Doran goes round the table and introduces everyone - making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me.
lying knowledge mean
There's an awful lot of misunderstanding here about what being poor actually means. I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything. It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly.
kids parenting thinking
~I'm strict about manners. I think that kids have a horrible time with other people if they have bad manners.... The one thing you've got to be prepared to do as a parent is not to be liked from time to time.~
country war thinking
I think we're creating a situation that's incredibly dangerous. There's a lot of chat at the moment about the war on terror and whilst there are many causes for acts of terrorism, what kind of society are you creating if you allow civil society in Africa to die and create millions upon millions of orphans? Where are they going to go? What kind of cults, what kind of militias, what's going to happen? The accession of violence in those countries, the possibility of that, to me is very terrifying.
believe book greatness
I firmly believe there are books whose greatness actually enable you to live.
trying together important
What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together
thinking heavy consumerism
We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really
country thinking america
I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become a piece of connective tissue. I'm trying to communicate with people here and in America - in rich countries - about what I see on the ground in badly affected areas
people sides film
We've got people looking at our seamy side and our sad side a lot of the time because that's easier. It's much more difficult to make a film about happiness with lots of jokes in it.
fighting thinking race
I think it's [the AIDS fight] the most important and most pressing one - I think it's a global emergency and I think in a way we all have to address it and engage with it because I think it's the biggest threat to the human race that we have ever faced.
writing years may
It’s about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it.
feelings global-warming guilty
Let's stop feeling so guilty about global warming
trying littles looks
Anyone who tries to deny #ClimateChange looks a little bit bonkers.