Emma Thompson

There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think that's true. Although you should never work with donkeys.

I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups.

Sometimes you'll have some things, and sometimes you'll have other things. And you do not need it all at once; it's not good for you.

It's an ear job, not an eye job.

Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in another's place.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.