Emma Thompson Quotations

It's lovely to be here, and at least it's, you know, no effort.

The flashbacks are parallel for me. You experience two storylines at the same time, and I'm not switching from one time to another.

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 a completely different preparation time and message to playing someone fictional.

It doesn't matter how good the movie is. What matters is what it takes during the opening weekend. It's slightly distressing sometimes but that's how it works.

I think people say you shouldn't work with children or animals, but you must only work with children.

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

Without the ice, the earth will fall

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.

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

Laughter is a celebration of our failings. That's what clowns are for. And that's what I am.