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 ThompsonAny problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.
Emma ThompsonThe 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.
Emma ThompsonThere is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and its final certainty.
Emma ThompsonIf you can't fail then how can you possible develop as a communicator or as a creator of anything? We are locked into a deeply unhealthy notion that somehow you've got to succeed all the time. An appalling notion. Any painter or writer will tell you that that is no way to proceed. One of the things that will kill off a decent actor, especially a young actor early on and they will never recover from it, is too much success. It's disastrous. You stop being criticized, therefore you stop challenging yourself. You then can't afford to fail because there's too far to fall.
Emma Thompson