Sam Amico
Actress Emma Thompson seems to believe in love, though apparently not the kind you find in movies.
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Or at least not the kind of love you see in heart-tugging drama or romcoms.
“It’s philosophically helpful and uplifting to remember that romantic love is a myth and quite dangerous,” she said, according to The Daily Mail.
“It’s led us down so many stupid garden paths, and we can’t think sensibly about love anymore. To think sensibly about love and the way in which it can grow is essential if we’re going to live long lives because long-term relationships are hugely difficult and complicated,” she continued.
Thompson, 63, has been married to her second husband, Greg Wise, for 20 years. They actually met on the set of 1995’s Sense and Sensibility.
So yes, she believes in love. But she also suggested it’s important to keep some perspective.
Emma Thomspon in Love!
“We really do have to take it with a massive pinch of salt. To think sensibly about love and the way it can grow is essential,” she said. “Long-term relationships are hugely difficult and complicated.
“If anyone thinks that happy ever after has a place in our lives, forget it.”
Thompson was married to actor Kenneth Branagh from 1989-95, but the pair split after a Branagh cheating scandal that involved follow British actress Helena Bonham Carter. Bragnagh and Carter eventually ended up together, but for five years.
Thompson, meanwhile, has found romance that lasts. But she said it’s important to think “sensibly” about Love, no matter how it is found or how long it lasts.
