--- title: "10 Way Quotes By Emma Thompson" description: "10 Way quotes by Emma Thompson. Plus more from Emma Thompson and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a87/emma-thompson-3232_addresses_i-think-it-s-the-aids-fight-the-most-imp_938376.png" --- > [ I think it's \[the AIDS fight\] the most important and most pressing one - I think it's a global emergency and I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/i-think-it-s-the-aids-fight-the-most-important-and-most-pressing-one/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a87/emma-thompson-3232_addresses_i-think-it-s-the-aids-fight-the-most-imp_938376.png) > [Difficult for actors to extemporise in nineteenth-century English. Except for Robert Hardy and Elizabeth Spriggs, who speak that way anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/difficult-for-actors-to-extemporise-in-nineteenth-century-english/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/emma-thompson-3232_actors_difficult-for-actors-to-extemporise-in-n_2487101.png) > [I think the point about ActionAid is what it's asking people to do is engage with poor people in developing countries and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/i-think-the-point-about-actionaid-is-what-it-s-asking-people-to-do-is/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/emma-thompson-3232_asking_i-think-the-point-about-actionaid-is-wha_678014.png) > [The only way you can have it all is by delegating all the running of the home to other people - which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/the-only-way-you-can-have-it-all-is-by-delegating-all-the-running-of/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/emma-thompson-3232_delegating_the-only-way-you-can-have-it-all-is-by-d_1752503.png) > [I think our hearts are very chemical and we change the way we see people according to how we feel about them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/i-think-our-hearts-are-very-chemical-and-we-change-the-way-we-see/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/emma-thompson-3232_chemicals_i-think-our-hearts-are-very-chemical-and_1473534.png) > [When you buy Fairtrade products you can guarantee that the farmers who have worked hard to grow them get a minimum price.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/when-you-buy-fairtrade-products-you-can-guarantee-that-the-farmers/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/emma-thompson-3232_delicious_when-you-buy-fairtrade-products-you-can_139422.png) > [ The best way \[to survive\] the red carpet is by wearing Ugg boots. But unfortunately, I have not yet managed to persuade… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/the-best-way-to-survive-the-red-carpet-is-by-wearing-ugg-boots-but/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5a/emma-thompson-3232_best-way_the-best-way-to-survive-the-red-carpet-i_204270.png) > [I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/i-hate-the-way-market-forces-try-to-separate-us-out-in-to-the/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/emma-thompson-3232_appropriate_i-hate-the-way-market-forces-try-to-sepa_1478257.png) > [I think my first bout of that was when I was doing me and My Girl, funnily enough. I really didn't change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/i-think-my-first-bout-of-that-was-when-i-was-doing-me-and-my-girl/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/emma-thompson-3232_alright_i-think-my-first-bout-of-that-was-when-i_2293734.jpg) > [If you can't fail then how can you possible develop as a communicator or as a creator of anything? We are locked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/if-you-can-t-fail-then-how-can-you-possible-develop-as-a-communicator/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/emma-thompson-3232_actors_if-you-can-t-fail-then-how-can-you-possi_2273108.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Emma Thompson > [I do think that despite my best efforts to resist it, I am now a grown-up. It's due to lots of very difficult decisions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/i-do-think-that-despite-my-best-efforts-to-resist-it-i-am-now-a-grown/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/film-is-so-much-to-do-with-perfection-and-how-differently-you-can/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) > [Well, I met Sandy Bullock at an awards thing a couple years ago, and she said to me, “If I were gay, you’d be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/well-i-met-sandy-bullock-at-an-awards-thing-a-couple-years-ago-and/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) > [But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them - up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/but-certainly-in-uganda-mozambique-and-south-africa-people-don-t/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) > [Is love a fancy or a feeling… or a Ferrars?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/is-love-a-fancy-or-a-feeling-or-a-ferrars/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) > [~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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/i-m-strict-about-manners-i-think-that-kids-have-a-horrible-time-with/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) > [It's such a cold night and it's the only time I've actively been grateful for menopause. I've been entirely comfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/it-s-such-a-cold-night-and-it-s-the-only-time-i-ve-actively-been/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) > [When you buy Fairtrade products you can guarantee that the farmers who have worked hard to grow them get a minimum price. Fairtrade is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/when-you-buy-fairtrade-products-you-can-guarantee-that-the-farmers/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) > [Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/just-write-it-doesn-t-matter-what-you-write-just-sit-at-your-desk-and/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) > [ The best way \[to survive\] the red carpet is by wearing Ugg boots. But unfortunately, I have not yet managed to persuade the people… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/the-best-way-to-survive-the-red-carpet-is-by-wearing-ugg-boots-but/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) > [Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/indeed-judicious-consistent-parenting-is-a-dream-of-mine-no/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) > [I am who I am, and there is nothing I can do about that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/i-am-who-i-am-and-there-is-nothing-i-can-do-about-that/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) > [“My godfather sad that story was abut taking the chaotic jigsaw of life, making it into a picture and putting a frame around it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/my-godfather-sad-that-story-was-abut-taking-the-chaotic-jigsaw-of/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) > [I've realized that in all the great stories, even if there's a happily-ever-after ending, there's something sad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/i-ve-realized-that-in-all-the-great-stories-even-if-there-s-a-happily/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) > [Piracy is our only option.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/piracy-is-our-only-option/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/emma-thompson/#itemlist", "name": "10 Way Quotes By Emma Thompson", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emma Thompson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/i-think-it-s-the-aids-fight-the-most-important-and-most-pressing-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a87/emma-thompson-3232_addresses_i-think-it-s-the-aids-fight-the-most-imp_938376.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a87/emma-thompson-3232_addresses_i-think-it-s-the-aids-fight-the-most-imp_938376.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a87/emma-thompson-3232_addresses_i-think-it-s-the-aids-fight-the-most-imp_938376.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think it's [the AIDS fight] the most important and most pressing one - I think it's a global emergency and…” — Emma Thompson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Difficult for actors to extemporise in nineteenth-century English. 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