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Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. She is known for her portrayals of enigmatic women, often in period dramas and literary adaptations, and playing matronly characters with a sense of wit. She is one of Britain's most acclaimed actresses.

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The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but it makes me very angry that religious leaders from this faith have tried to respond negatively to sexual education and to the promotion of condom use

Condom Use, Education, Faith, Leaders, Promotion, Religious

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.

Bottles, Daily Life, Empty, Stairs, Top, Typical

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.

Making, Nice, Present, Tables, Writer, Writing

The best way [to survive] the red carpet is by wearing Ugg boots. But unfortunately, I have not yet managed to persuade the people who style me at these times to let me do that.

Let, People, Persuade, Style, Times, Uggs

My husband is here and I'd like to thank him, for many things, but first of all for pointing out that I had a big hole in my frock and then that my nipples were pointing in different directions. It's good to have an expert there to help you with that sort of thing.

Big, Different, Experts, Husband, Thank

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

Effort, Mind, Looks, Having, Look, Pretty

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.

Age, Birthday, Broken Heart, Cry, Grief, Probably

I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter, and able to give people a clean drink of water. I don't want images of starving babies at the breast in my mind. I want that to change. And if I want that, I had better do something about it.

Baby, Daughter, Different, Feed, Give, Helping Others

Don't ever go on a diet. Just don't. Walk away. Diets are the spawn of Satan.

Diet, Goes On, Satan, Spawn

Girlfriends are vital. . . Maggie [Gyllenhaal] and I will always see each other when Maggie's in London or I'm here. We'll always make time to sit and catch up properly.

Catch, Girlfriend, Grateful, Gyllenhaal, London, Properly

I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay.

Nominees, Present, Voice, Voice Of God, Wells

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

Groundhog Day, Love Actually, Nothing, Who I Am

Sometimes I get to put on posh frocks and be Madam Glamour, the vendor of my wares. My lovely friend Kath, a stylist, puts me into things I'd never dream of. But my real life is very different. It's very, very home-based - an intense domestic life, that's the core of everything.

Core, Dream, Home, Intense, Posh, Real

I was in Los Angeles making 'Dead Again' and the producer, Lindsay Doran , asked me if I'd be interested in adapting this book,. . Austen is my favorite author and I thought, 'Well, of course, I'd be very interested, but I don't know how. I don't know where to start, A, writing a screenplay and B, sort of adapting it from a great novel.

Asked, Book, Lindsay, Los Angeles, Start, Writing

There is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and its final certainty.

Differences, Events, Expectation, Expectations, Final, Unpleasant

I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them. I firmly believe there are books whose greatness actually enables you to live, to do something. And sometimes, human beings need story and narrative more than they need nourishment and food.

Believe, Book, Enables, Food, Greatness, People

If you don't want women to do whatever they need to do then you must provide them with food, you must provide them with shelter and their basic human rights.

Food, Needs, Rights, Shelter, Women

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

Desks, Matter, Sit, Write, Writing

Constantly worrying about your reflection and criticizing your body, shape and size is an act of violence against yourself.

Act, Against, Body, Criticizing, Reflection, Worry

Marianne Dashwood looks at gray skies and sees blue. That's all very well, and it's not something you ever want entirely to lose. But you must lose a little of it; otherwise you're going to get wet.

Blue, Looks, Sees, Skies, Sky

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