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…

— Emma Thompson

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

— Emma Thompson

Well, I met Sandy Bullock at an awards thing a couple years ago, and she said to me, “If I were gay,…

— Emma Thompson

But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them…

— Emma Thompson

Is love a fancy or a feeling.... or a Ferrars?

— 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…

— 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.

— Emma Thompson

When you buy Fairtrade products you can guarantee that the farmers who have worked hard to grow them get a minimum price.…

— Emma Thompson

Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.

— Emma Thompson

The best way [to survive] the red carpet is by wearing Ugg boots. But unfortunately, I have not yet managed to persuade…

— Emma Thompson

Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.

— Emma Thompson

I am who I am, and there is nothing I can do about that.

— Emma Thompson

“My godfather sad that story was abut taking the chaotic jigsaw of life, making it into a picture and putting a frame…

— Emma Thompson

I`ve realized that in all the great stories, even if there`s a happily-ever-after ending, there`s something sad.

— Emma Thompson

Piracy is our only option.

— Emma Thompson

“(Golden Globe acceptance speech in the style of Jane Austen's letters ): "Four A.M. Having just returned from an evening at the…

— Emma Thompson

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…

— 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…

— Emma Thompson

“(On period costume posture coaching:) "We all stand about like parboiled spaghetti being straightened out.”

— Emma Thompson

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

— Emma Thompson

If there's a role you're playing and there's a great deal of material to explore because the person was real then it's…

— Emma Thompson

I Don't Need the nicotene patch, Penny - I smoke cigarettes.

— Emma Thompson

Anyone who tries to deny #ClimateChange looks a little bit bonkers.

— Emma Thompson

It's not funny at all that we do all that advertising for children. Why is advertising for children allowed? What possible reason…

— Emma Thompson

“The fire alarm went off. Fire engines came racing; we all rushed out on the gravel drive, everyone thinking it was us.…

— Emma Thompson