Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes

If you put down a list of jobs, doctor, lawyer, janitor, teacher or movie star, everybody would pick the movie star. And why? So you could lie around the pool, drink margaritas and send money to your parents. So that's what I did.

When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.

I could have been a lot more famous and played leading men and everything. For whatever reason, I didn't go for it.

I used to want to be a movie star so I wouldn't have to live in trailers anymore. And now that I make movies, I spend a lot of my life living in trailers.

I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.

There are a lot of things I never did, because I believe in watching those true Hollywood stories and I see how easy it is to lose track of your life.

Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding's a mystery to me now. You can't go back, your life changes every day.

When you're a kid, I think you want to be a film star. And I'm not as enamoured with that any more. The reality of that life is a lot of travel, and a lot of being away, which is impractical because I have four children, so I don't want to be away that much, not the other side of the world away.

If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig.

After 'Gremlins' came out, I should have packed up everything, moved to Los Angeles from New York, and dedicated myself to being a full time film actor. I had the world at my feet.

Somebody asked me what do you regret. I said, well I was offered the role of Maverick in 'Top Gun' and I turned it down.

I am a child of Hollywood and dreams. To me, to be on the red carpet is the best place in the world.

I had an agent once who wanted me to make many more movies. I said, 'I can't. I can only do one a year, if that. I have children, young children.' And he said, 'Well, I guess you won't be a superstar.' And I said, 'Well, I guess not.'

Later in life there should not be any regrets. Sometimes you have children too early and regret it, 'If I wouldn't have, my career would have been different' and sometimes when you don't have, you miss that opportunity.

I never really believe people when they say they have no regrets - mine is not being a mother.

I'm 27 years old. I'm going to go into Hollywood really arrogant. I'll be breaking a lot of rules. It's going to be hot.

There are many good-looking actors.

I was never destined to be a movie star, and I'm happy not being one.

Things change; your priorities change in life. So I'd never think of riding 100 miles on Christmas Day now, because I've got two kids, and it's selfish.

I'm here to carve out a strong career in the leading-man space.

There are more movie stars in the lobby of the Aquadulce than there are in the lobby of the Beverly Hills Hotel.

I wanted to start a family, but it wasn't something that I was going to take a break to do.

I have been in this industry for over a decade, and I still don't consider myself a movie star.

I won't try and combine training and a family.

It's an actor's dream to only have one line, and people like him, so I'm really lucky.