Rachel Weisz Quotes
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Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
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I get tired of comedies where there are a bunch of funny guys and a beautiful woman who doesn't do anything funny. And I don't like books where there's a rough-and-tumble boy and a really clever, snotty girl. That's just not my experience with teenagers.
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I enjoy the sari. I think it's the sexiest garment ever. It shows you the right amount, it covers the right amount, it's extremely versatile, it suits every body type, it suits every face.
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People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
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I think that a woman wears so many hats, we have so many aspects to us that we're not just one thing. We represent so much within us and that kind of comes across for me as a designer through mixing prints and colors.
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I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character, understand the story, and just play it to the fullest extent.
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What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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A lot of newspaper columns used to be written in a rat-a-tat-tat, fast-paced style - and they tended to be funny. They were a little relief from the grimmer, grayer parts of the newspaper, and one of the best people at doing this was Will Rogers.
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Money is always on its way somewhere. What you do with it while it is in your keeping and the direction you send it in say much about you. Your treatment of and respect for money, how you make it, and how you spend it, reflect your character.
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In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.
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I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
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A mate of mine told me recently, 'It's the first time I've seen you work, Worthington.' I thought that was quite funny, but he was right.
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I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.
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I enjoy a character who sticks to her guns, who's always challenging herself. That's something I can relate to.
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I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore.
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I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that character when they're in the screen.
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I was the core of the universe, as we always are to ourselves.
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Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.
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It was definitely a part of our life. I mean, my mom had both her brothers and her fiancee in Vietnam at the same time, so it wasn't just my dad's story, it was my mom's story too. And we definitely grew up listening to the stories.
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I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.
