Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isnt listening. – Emma Thompson
But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel Ive failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I dont get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me. – Emma Thompson
If youve got to my age, youve probably had your heart broken many times. So its not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it. – Emma Thompson
You cant be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily those two things arent ideal. We have an awful lot to work on and to debate about in relation to our working lives, because it isnt working for a lot of people, particularly for a lot of women. – Emma Thompson