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I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty sherry bottle which is, of course, a typical scene from my daily life, so isn't much of a stretch.

~Emma Thompson

Topics: Bottle Breakdown Course Daily Daily Life Empty Film Get Life Much Nervous Nervous Breakdown Scene Stairs Stand Stretch Top Typical Waving Which

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If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it.

~Emma Thompson

Topics: Age Bit Broken Corner Cry Difficult Got Grief Had Heart Heart Broken Little Many Over Over It Some Times You Your

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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

Topics: Any Care How Judged Maybe More Myself Past Seriously Take

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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

Topics: Beings Human Human Beings Kinder Like Really Say Suffered Unfortunate Who Wish

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I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.

~Emma Thompson

Topics: Brought Dealing Death Difficult Difficult Things Disease Funerals Giggle People Quite Things Up Very Were Who Witty

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A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look.

~Emma Thompson

Topics: About Beautiful Beautiful Women Because How Look Lot Pain Thinking Very Women

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Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

~Emma Thompson

Topics: Always Any Bad Big Communication Family Listening Problem Seems Small Someone Start Within

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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.

~Emma Thompson

Topics: About All Day Anything Being Dawn Day Doing Dusk Just Lie Means Notion People Poor Poor People Some Survive Think Through To Survive Understand Until Work You I Think

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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

Topics: About Appearance Being Changed Far Feel How Lot More Over Woman Years I Feel

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The fact is that young people are going to have sex whether you like it or not.

~Emma Thompson

Topics: Fact Going Like People Sex Whether You Young Young People

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actress

Born: April 15th, 1959

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