10 Questions for Emma Thompson

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WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE PEOPLE ENGAGED TO DO? The insanity of consumption bothers me. Talk about the opiate of the masses. It ain't religion anymore. It's stuff. Why don't governments stop people from making crap?

I HEAR YOU KEEP YOUR OSCARS IN YOUR BATHROOM. You hear correctly. They look far too outré anywhere else. They're great big, gold, shiny things. They're up there tarnishing quietly along with everything else I own, including my body. It does give people the opportunity to pick them up and play with them in privacy rather than having to say, "Can I hold that?" You'd have to come to my house. There's no posh space. Every space is kind of a family space. I'm surprised my daughter hasn't used them for nefarious purposes actually. They're heavy.