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Rachel Weisz Quotes

Enjoy the top 103 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Rachel Weisz.

“And I guess, I guess its a humanist film. Its not really a spiritual film and its, you know, its saying that were all one tribe of humans and were on this little rock, floating through the universe and (Amenabar) has these (transitional shots of) POVs where you see humans like ants.”
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“I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.”

— Rachel Weisz

“You would never say to a man, 'do you like playing strong men?' You just wouldn't say that.”

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“I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.”

— Rachel Weisz

“The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.”

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Oh yah, I'm definitely an old rocker.

— Rachel Weisz

“I've always been fascinated by activists, people who will devote their life to a cause, people who go to India and to Africa and put their life in jeopardy to do what they believe is right.”

— Rachel Weisz

“You get perspective on things when you're away from your child, and in a way, your love for them becomes even deeper.”

— Rachel Weisz

I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.

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“I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.”

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“There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.”

— Rachel Weisz

“I always do my interviews face to face.”

— Rachel Weisz

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

— Rachel Weisz

As Ralph's character begins to discover the political thriller aspect of the film, he falls deeper in love with his wife, so the two run together. That's the beauty of this film. It has fast pace and excitement, but it also has heart and soul.

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“I'm very drawn to characters who are very flawed. I'm less interested in characters who are just good or bad, because to me then they're not real people.”

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I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy.

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“I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.”

— Rachel Weisz

“I'm too disorganized.”

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“I wasn't a big star in the school plays or anything.”

— Rachel Weisz

“As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience.”

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“Bad things happen when people work together. Everything goes out of control.”

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I go and see music all the time.

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I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.

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“I want to play interesting women.”

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“I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.”

— Rachel Weisz

I'm marriable. But I'm not married.

— Rachel Weisz

“I'm not saving lives.”

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“If I'm just in dungarees, I don't think I would intimidate anyone.”

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“In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.”

— Rachel Weisz

The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.

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“You have to be quite stupid to act.”

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“It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're sexy because they risk more. Stand-up comedians risk more than anyone.”

— Rachel Weisz

“It is a political thriller. It's very action packed and it's very exciting, but at the same time it's a very big soulful love story about longing and loss. They're not separate, they're completely dependent on one another.”

— Rachel Weisz

People want to imagine I spend every night going to premieres and putting on frocks and getting into limos, and yet I do that maybe twice a year, if that.

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“That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as possible so he told Keanu, in front of me, don't go easy on her. So it was scary.”

— Rachel Weisz

“I'd like to be wanted for my body, too! As an actor I want to play all different kinds of women - independent women but also very vulnerable women.”

— Rachel Weisz

“I am proud of what I am. I am - a librarian.”

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I wasn't a person who was longing forever to have a baby; the desire came up suddenly.

— Rachel Weisz

“The Pagan model of religion because, in the Pagan model, there were lots and lots of Gods and Goddesses. They were all incredibly beautiful and there were statues of them everywhere, which is the equivalent of magazines, or whatever, today. And they were fallible, which is different from being mono-, you know, Jewish or Islam (where) you have the infallible, monotheistic God.”

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“Most of the time we do nothing, myself included, I think the lesson I learned from [playing humanitarian Tessa in The Constant Gardner] is that a lot of drops make up an ocean. If people would stand up and say what they believe in maybe we can make a difference. Helping one person is better than nothing. Just do something.”

— Rachel Weisz

“I think that in big-budget movies there's a lot of other stuff going on besides acting, like special effects.”

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The bond between mother and baby is so interesting. Women have been giving birth since the beginning of time, but when it happens to you it feels like a miracle.

— Rachel Weisz

“He really paid tribute to the people who are willing to risk their own lives to fight injustice - they are greater men and women than I.”

— Rachel Weisz

“When I play a part, I never think about likability.”

— Rachel Weisz

I think if you ask the audience to like you, it's all over.

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“The most interesting characters are those you're drawn to, then repelled by, and then come to understand. All that tension - I live that. But I don't plan the tension. It's just something that should happen.”

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“I was offered more work after the Oscar. When I was younger, I would take whatever I was offered because it was money and work and experience. In a way, choosing is the hard part. I know that's a luxury problem, but it's true. I try to go where passion takes me.”

— Rachel Weisz

“And I guess, I guess it's a humanist film. It's not really a spiritual film and it's, you know, it's saying that we're all one tribe of humans and we're on this little rock, floating through the universe and (Amenabar) has these (transitional shots of) POVs where you see humans like ants.”