Rachel Hannah Weisz (/vaɪs/ "vice"; born 7 March 1970) is an Academy Award winning British actress.
I think mystery is kind of great. I don't know anything about Bette Davis or Katharine Hepburn or Ava Gardner - not really - and I like that. I love watching their movies because they're my personal movie stars. I don't know what they eat and who their trainer is.
I prefer smaller movies because they tend to be more about character than about story.
Organized, yeah. And those who are so sure that their God is the right God that they believe it's ok to kill another person who doesn't believe in their God.
I don't know anything about science.
Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl. '
(Human) beings, in Pagan times would kind of like, listen to the stories and, they could kind of, identify -. They were, like, bigger than them and more successful than them or more beautiful, but they had these human fallibilities. Which is like celebrities now. It's like, 'oh, she's in rehab. Oh, she's unfaithful. Oh, they're divorced. Oh, she's anorexic. Oh, he's had a nose job. ' You know, whatever it might be.
I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
Fear is like the steam that fires the combustion engine. You need fear to get a performance going.
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.
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.
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.
People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.
Well, I'm not at all like the tough, sexy femme fatale in Confidence but it's fun to play people who're really different from you, from different cultures and places. I suppose I'm a bit quieter than most of the people I play.
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.
I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.
I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.
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Seeing someone you know be good at something is really appealing. Seeing how Darren Aronofsky behaved on set, it was another aspect of him, the director. He'd never directed me at home in the kitchen before. It was just seeing a whole other aspect of someone. It was really, really exciting. I loved it.
I am definitely a worrier.
I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.