Top 50 Rachel Weisz Quotes

I think London’s sexy because it’s so full of eccentrics.

I want to play interesting women.

I feel like I’m one of the many working mothers. And I only have one child. I know working mums who have three or four. It’s definitely a challenge but it’s a wonderful challenge to be able to do both.

You have to be quite stupid to act.

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

In real life, I’m polite and nice all the time. It’s fun to play people who aren’t. It’s escapism.

I wasn’t a big star in the school plays or anything.

Oh yah, I’m definitely an old rocker.

I’ll say anything to live.

I was a tomboy.

Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?

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

You have your real life and then you have your work.

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.

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.

I’m very successful and do lots of films but I’ve never actually done anything extraordinary.

I haven’t only been offered Hasidic roles.

My real fantasy if I was to drop out would be to live in a mobile home and be a hippie and drive around festivals and have millions of children – children with dreadlocks and nose rings – and play the flute.

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

Most people care what people think about them… we all do.

I go and see music all the time.

The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.

L.A. makes you feel ugly.

I don’t like travelling. Which is ridiculous. And it’s not because I’m afraid of dying on the plane or anything. I just like to stay at home.

I’m too disorganized.

I think I’m very curious about other people. I like to sit and eavesdrop, you know.

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.

I don’t know anything about science.

If I’m just in dungarees, I don’t think I would intimidate anyone.

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.

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

I’m marriable. But I’m not married.

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.

Some people like having eyes upon them and I don’t.

I think there are two aspects to ageing: there’s the physical side and what’s happening inside.

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

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.’

I always do my interviews face to face.

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

I love the way girls in London dress; it’s so different to the American ‘blow-dry and immaculate grooming’ thing.

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.

I’m a storyteller, I’m an actor, an entertainer.

When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.

People still kill in the name of religion. We haven’t evolved to the point where we’re one tribe called humans.

Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don’t believe they behave well.

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

I am definitely a worrier.

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.

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.

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