Rachel Weisz Quotes
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I'm not saving lives.
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The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.
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I always do my interviews face to face.
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I moved to New York last year and I love it. It's a huge change and I've always wanted to spend time there. It's like a more intense London, and everything's up a few notches. The lights are brighter, the pace is faster and the food's better.
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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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I haven't only been offered Hasidic roles.
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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 was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.
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I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
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If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing - anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really. It's so, look at me. Do you know what I mean? But I love women.
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When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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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.
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I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
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People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.
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I wasn't a big star in the school plays or anything.
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I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.
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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.
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I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.
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The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.
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I was a tomboy.
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I didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in the classroom, get very bad grades.
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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.
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I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy.