Interview: Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas isn’t what you expect at all. You imagine formidable in the English sense of the word; a mix of Four Weddings Fiona and English Patient but in the flesh she’s actually more formidab-le – using the French connotation – terrific, breathtakingly attractive and energetic.

Though by her own admission the past few months have not been easy: ‘I have had a pretty rough time recently. I feel like I’ve climbed a mountain in some way. I’ve realised I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I’m not around to please anyone anymore, and it’s a huge relief.
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What does the 47-year-old, newly single actress put this confidence down to? ‘A mixture of therapy and growing older and being more comfortable with myself helps. Now I feel if people don’t like me the way I am, tough…’

Read the full interview in our March 2008 issue.
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