EMMA THOMPSON - EMMA THOMPSON: LA'S NOT FOR ME

British movie actress EMMA THOMPSON has slammed Hollywood's fascination with outward beauty, citing it as the reason she's never wanted to live in Los Angeles.

The OSCAR-winner is convinced she would have developed an obsession with looking beautiful if she'd have set up home in LA - and that would have killed her.

The 44-year-old says, "I would never have survived living in LA. I would have dieted myself into an early grave or had plastic surgery or Botox to keep up with my peers.

"But it's great to visit. They adore success and treat you like a star, but then I come home to London and have all the wind taken out of my sails. It's the perfect combination, really."