Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes

I have always thought of myself as being Northern Irish because that's what I am.

It's a complicated issue, but I define myself as an American, primarily.

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.

I know my own heart to be entirely English.

It was very hard for me, for most of my life, to feel American, or call myself American, and that is a very complicated topic that would require a very long conversation.

It took me many years to understand that my identity is more Israeli than Jewish.

Am I an Israeli? That's a good question.

I'm Colombian and nothing will change that.

I've always felt very English.

I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I'm in America I feel Russian.

I don't necessarily feel like I'm American. I wouldn't know what that feels like.

I don't really know what feeling Japanese or Haitian or American is supposed to feel like. I just feel like me.

I'm more Filipino than I am German. I guess I shouldn't be ashamed to say that.

I always say I have a Danish passport, but I am a New Yorker at heart.

Being Nigerian is a strong part of my identity. Being American is a strong part of my identity. And there are important parts of who I am that really have nothing to do with my national connection.

Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name.

Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.

The homeland affects you directly: it affects your body; it affects the collective mind and the collective heart and the collective spirit.

You carry your country with you, it's part of your baggage.

Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing.

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

It seems to me psychologically I'm a Canadian.

It's strange; when I was younger and people would ask, 'Where are you from?', I'd say, 'West Africa', which was odd because I'm obviously not African, but it was my home.

But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director.