Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.
Emma ThompsonI was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.
Emma ThompsonI have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups.
Emma ThompsonI hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately.
Emma Thompson