“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
“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 am sent too many mainstream scripts in which the older woman is really quite grotesque. Sometimes you read a script and you feel quite sick that they have to caricature older women in such a negative way.” WayFeelsSometimesNegativeSickScriptsMainstreamGrotesqueCaricaturesOlder Women 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
“I worked hard and made my own way, just as my father had. And just, I'm sure, as he hoped I would. I learned, from observing him, the satisfaction that comes from striving and seeing a dream fulfilled.” WayMadeHardDreamFatherMy OwnSeeingStriveSatisfactionAfterlifeFulfilledObserving Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I had always done theater in extracurricular ways. I'd never been a drama major.” WayDoneDramaMajorsTheater Author:Sigourney Weaver
“What makes these creatures so awful is the feeling that they can use us in ways too horrible to imagine-and yet, we DO imagine them, which makes it worse than seeing it.” WayUseFeelingsVisionImagineSeeingCreaturesHorribleAwful Author:Sigourney Weaver
