Rachel Weisz Quotes
"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."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Love, Time, Action, Longing, Loss)
"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."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Actors, Comedians, Risk, Writers)
"L.A. makes you feel ugly."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Ugly)
"People find out I'm an actress and I see that 'whore' look flicker across their eyes."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: People, Eyes)
"That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as possible so he told Keanu, in front of me, don't go easy on her. So it was scary."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Being, Water)
"The older you get the more capable you get at managing life."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Life)
"There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: People, Eccentricity, Hollywood)
"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."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Beauty, Love, Wife, Soul, Heart, Character, Excitement, Film)
"If I'm just in dungarees, I don't think I would intimidate anyone."
- Rachel Weisz
"You have to be quite stupid to act."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Act)
"I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Politics, Soul)
"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."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Love, Men, Women, Makeup)
"I find Hollywood really toxic."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Hollywood)
"As a child I was the best tree climber in our neighbourhood, I was like a little monkey. I've never been afraid of hurting myself or a little physical discomfort."
- Rachel Weisz
"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."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: People, Being, Care, Empathy, Horses)
"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."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Change, Love, Time, Food, London)
"I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Being, Celebrity)
"I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Actors, Attention, Choice, Living)
"I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: London)
"I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Change, American)
"I've always been fascinated by activists, people who will devote their life to a cause, people who go to India and to Africa and put their life in jeopardy to do what they believe is right."
- Rachel Weisz
(Related: Life, People, Cause, Jeopardy, Right, Will)