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Emma Thompson: Don't hide depression

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British actress Emma Thompson celebrates toasts with a pint and a pig honoring her with the 2,416th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in front of the Pig 'n Whistle pub on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles on August 6, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen 
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Published: Aug. 7, 2010 at 6:30 PM

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Emma Thompson, an Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter, says she suffers from "occasional mild depression," and she knows she's not alone.

"I find the job I do emotionally very demanding," Thompson, a Briton, told The Hollywood Reporter Friday. "I suffer from occasional mild depression, which I think is a very common thing -- it's fantastically common in my country and probably in yours, too -- and it's a very much hidden thing people don't talk about. I think it should be discussed."

Thompson, who was awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame Friday, said she plans to take some time off, telling the Reporter, "Next year, I'm going to take a sabbatical."

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