Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes

I like my friends because they make me feel normal, even though I'm not.

I like being talked about. I think some people really don't... because they're secure enough and they don't need that.

I don't want anyone to ever say that I don't belong where I am.

I'm lucky to be in a space where I've been accepted for who I am and celebrated for who I am.

I was too old, too young, too fat, too thin, too tall, too short, too blond, too dark - but at some point, they're going to need the other. So I'd get really good at being the other.

There's something to be said about seeing your face represented. There's just something really important about that. It just draws you in more.

The piece I most love wearing is Mother's gold brocade cocktail dress with matching jacket... It's 'flip and flirty,' as my mother prescribed. It's crisp yet splendid. It makes me feel I've put on made-to-order armor. My mother's armor. Armor that helped shield me from exclusion. Armor that helped shield me from inferiority.

When I was growing up, my mother taught me and my sisters to celebrate each other - there was no room in our household for negativity. She taught us to embrace each other, and this was empowering for us. She also taught us the value of celebrating our differences.

I deeply believed that I wasn't worthy - that I couldn't be in the stories even I was creating. I don't want anyone else to feel like that.

A lot of people write and tell us what The B-52s meant to them - straight, straight-A students, those who were a little awkward, weren't always the ones who fit in. People have told us that just having us and our music was beyond important and really made me feel that what we were doing was worth something big.

I may be the first actress to admit that beauty doesn't hold you back. I think beauty is a gift that you have to make the most of. I've worked hard at trying to look my best.

I love to know that in all parts of the world, people want me. I need the attention.

Kids need to see their world reflected back to them.

I hope that every film I make has something to offer in the area of making people feel either vindicated or different in terms of who they are.

I hope that I can be an inspiration to kids that are young and may feel different or may feel like they don't belong.

I learned so much from other actors and they definitely didn't treat me like some sex bomb or bimbo. I felt fully accepted in the regular movie world. I didn't feel categorised.

It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

When someone sees in you what you've been feeling all along, that's an awesome thing.

I'm ready to be an action figure. I'd love that very much. And all the redheaded kids will get to go out and feel loved and be able to buy a redheaded action figure.

I mean, no one asks beauty secrets of me, or 'What size do you wear?' or 'Who's your couturier?' They ask me about really deep things and I love that.

For people to come to you and say, 'Would you like to be a part of our show?' after years of 'Please tell me I'm good enough,'... I can't tell you how wonderful it feels.

A large part of my adolescence was spent doing my very best to draw attention to myself.

My skin is more beautiful than yours. I would be quite more popular in jail if I so chose.

I wouldn't want them to feel lonely or outcast ever in any way. And no matter where they were in the world, I'd want them to always feel incredibly confident about who they were and proud.

I never wanted to show my butt, and I always had a problem with it - I'd cover up when I was younger. It wasn't till I got with my husband that I started to change all that. He compliments me all the time, and when your best friend compliments you, it gives you confidence and makes you want to do stuff in life.