“When you hit your strive, and you feel confident in what you're doing and in your process, you really want to do more and try lots of different things. I've also really worked on my breathing, which is a funny thing to talk about, if you're not an actor. I think breathing is actually the key to a lot of opening up of other parts of yourself that you haven't used, for any job, but particularly in acting.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsTryingDifferentJobsUsedActorsProcessActingHavensKeysStriveOpeningBreathingDifferent ThingsFunny ThingsOpening Up Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I actually think the reason I am interested in certain parts is because I was such a dweeb in high school. When you are such a loser, it's a helpful way in to a lot of characters because even very powerful people are not all that powerful really. They all had a high school. That vulnerability is completely permanent and, as an actor, it's a good thing.” PeopleThinkingWayReasonCharacterSchoolCertainActorsPowerfulHigh SchoolGood ThingsPermanentVulnerabilityHelpfulLoserVery Powerful Author:Sigourney Weaver
“Sorry men, but I think boys are a little more oblivious in high school. Girls are just more sensitive. We're so concerned about how we look and how we're doing.” ThinkingMenLooksLittlesSchoolGirlBoysHigh SchoolConcernedSorrySensitiveObliviousSchool GirlSorry Men Author:Sigourney Weaver
“It's very hard to find a good comedy. I prefer doing comedy far over anything else because I think they're actually more profound. But finding a good one and a great ensemble is very difficult to do and I'm delighted that in these particular times there is so much interest in comedy and that comedy is having so much success.” ThinkingHardDifficultInterestComedyParticularFindingsProfoundDelightedEnsemble Author:Sigourney Weaver
“Most people think that animals are third-class citizens. Very few people really see animals as "the others" with whom we inhabit this planet. They have equal rights with us.” PeopleThinkingAnimalClassRightsPlanetsCitizensEqualThirdsEqual Rights Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I've always been very shy and sheltered; I think it was a good way of starting to communicate with people. I was taught as a child never to talk about myself, never to talk about my emotions. Of course, now I talk about myself constantly. Now I have to take reverse est.” PeopleThinkingWayChildrenCoursesEmotionTaughtStartingCommunicateShyReverseGood Way Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I think so many families are touched by illness and loss, and we kind of overprotect our children often, you know, we sanitize.” ThinkingKnowsKindChildrenLossOur ChildrenIllnessTouched Author:Sigourney Weaver
“After I left Yale, we were all doing these mad plays off - off Broadway. And I got back to that feeling I had from college, of everyone making up in front of one cracked mirror, which is what I loved - the scrappy theater idea. I think off-off Broadway healed me, made me an actor again, and I was in so many different crazy shows.” ThinkingDifferentFeelingsCrazyCollegeMadMaking Up Author:Sigourney Weaver
“James Cameron thinks we can do anything. He'll let you try anything. There are very few geniuses in the world, let alone in our business, and he's certainly one of them.” ThinkingWorldTryingGenius Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I think that's what I really dig about science fiction these days - we've caught up to it in a way. It's no longer about people with huge brains. Now it's really much more, as Jim Cameron says, the nature of being human. What it is to be human in society. How to retain one's humanity in society.” PeopleThinkingHumanityBrainScience FictionBeing HumanCaught Up Author:Sigourney Weaver
“Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that don't turn out the way you're given the impression that they will. And I think that's all kind of a con. But I think we've probably all been hurt.” ThinkingWayKindSometimesHappensTurnsGivenHurtHonestTrustEncouragementImpressionAll KindsBeing HonestBeen Hurt Author:Sigourney Weaver
“For the camera, particularly, I feel like - I think that, as human faces become older, they become more interesting.” ThinkingFeelsHumansFacesInterestingCamerasHuman Faces Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it's cool. It's fun. I just take it as it comes.” PeopleThinkingFirstsFilmYoungFunFilmmaker Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I think that every piece has its challenges. I love going back and forth between one and the other. I'll always pick a comedy over a drama.” ThinkingChallengesComedyPiecesDramaPicksBack And Forth Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I have always been uncomfortable with a series of movies. I hate that word 'franchise' - it always makes me think of French fries. What I felt each time was that we were going for broke, that this was going to be the last in the series. You can't count on anything.” ThinkingLastsHateFeltI HateSeriesBrokeUncomfortableFriesFrench Fries Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I never think about Wall Street - why should I - but to go down there so often while filming 'Working Girl,' to become acquainted with this whole different world, and to find out what goes on behind the scenes is so interesting. There's so much of the city that you don't really bother to investigate. Ahh... New York.” ThinkingWorldShouldDifferentWholeGirlInterestingCitiesBehindsStreetsNew YorkWallGoes OnSceneBotherShould IDifferent WorldsBehind The ScenesWorking Girl Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I think indie films are really important, because they show the studios and the audiences when they see them, great stories. Really interesting, small stories.” ThinkingImportantStoriesShowsFilmInterestingAudienceStudiosReally InterestingIndie Films Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I don't want to leave New York and leave my family. I don't like the distance. I just did a movie in California and it's kind of excruciating to be away from them so I think there is that sense.” ThinkingWantKindNew YorkMy FamilyDistanceCalifornia Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I think I have always tried to do the smaller films. I like to jump around and there is something really nice for acting in a smaller film... But I think now, Hollywood's movies certainly involve a younger generation for the most part and so... I love going back and forth.” ThinkingFilmActingNiceGenerationsHollywoodMovieBack And ForthReally NiceYounger Generation Author:Sigourney Weaver
“As long as your robot isn't programmed by like Dr. Evil, I think you're going to be fine.” ThinkingLongEvilFineDrsRobots Author:Sigourney Weaver
“If you come back from the dead, you don't have the same value system, I think.” IfsThinkingValuesValue Systems Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I think breathing is actually the key to a lot of opening up of other parts of yourself that you haven't used, for any job, but particularly in acting.” ThinkingJobsUsedActingHavensKeysOpeningBreathingOpening Up Author:Sigourney Weaver
“There's something to be said for going right into people's living rooms. I think actors have always loved that medium - you're right in there with people in their homes. A lot of very audacious work is being done on television.” PeopleThinkingSaidDoneHomeActorsRoomsTelevisionMediumsLiving RoomBeing DoneAudacious Author:Sigourney Weaver
“There's a lot of conning as part of our society, I think.” ThinkingOur SocietyConning Author:Sigourney Weaver
