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Jacki Weaver
Jacki Weaver
Australian Actress
Born: May 25, 1947
Actor Love Me People Think You
Related authors: Adelaide Kane Bindi Irwin Cate Blanchett Helen Reddy Isla Fisher Margot Robbie Nicole Kidman Portia de Rossi
In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature. Jacki Weaver
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I love getting presents. And awards. I'd do whatever they told me to do. Jacki Weaver
Love Me Whatever Getting Awards Presents
I usually do get to play the very sweet, charming roles... but I'm not an obvious kind of villain. Jacki Weaver
Sweet Kind Charming Obvious Very Get Roles Villain Play
I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad. Jacki Weaver
You Consider Nine Significant Bad Husbands Weddings Count Had Sounds Five Which Really Appalling Started Honest
I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!' Jacki Weaver
Silver Cate Blanchett Boy Said Am Doing Oh Center Script Interested Sent Asked Play Kennedy
Well, I've been acting for 50 years now, professionally. I've been acting a lot longer. My mother reckons I was acting when I got out of the womb. But because I've been working in the theater, I've probably only done about 25 movies but I've done more than 100 plays. Jacki Weaver
Mother Out About More Only Longer Well Because Got Been Years Womb Lot Than Done Theater Movies Working Acting Now Professionally Plays
They call David O. Russell the actor whisperer because he can get stuff out of actors that maybe some other directors can't. Jacki Weaver
Other Out Some Russell Directors David He Stuff Call Because Get Maybe Actor
It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight. Jacki Weaver
Entertain Delight Shock Theater Apart Functions
I do a lot of American plays. I've done a lot of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Neil Simon. I was in 'Sisters Rosensweig,' 'Six Degrees of Separation,' all of that stuff. So we're very familiar with America. I did 400 performances of 'Born Yesterday.' I did 700 performances of 'They're Playing Our Song.' Jacki Weaver
Song Yesterday Separation Our Williams Neil Degrees Born Simon Tennessee Tennessee Williams Performance Stuff Lot Very Familiar Arthur Sisters America American Did Done Six Miller Playing Plays
It's a very generous culture, American culture. I know you can't generalize 300 million people, but everyone I've met here has been so lovely to me. Jacki Weaver
Me You Culture People Met Everyone Has-Been Generalize Generous Know Been Very American American Culture Lovely Million Million People Here
I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have. Jacki Weaver
Best Imagination Guess Effort Just Lively Actor
You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening. Jacki Weaver
Character You Every About Stuff Learn Condition Quite Human Human Condition Play Enlightening
We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.' Jacki Weaver
Better Silver Mental Mental Illness Sort Becoming Much Illness Including Things
I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate in. And there's one little group... well it's not little, it's got hundreds of people marching, and they're all very sweet, middle-aged and elderly people who are the parents of gay children who are out and proud. Jacki Weaver
Love Gay People Parents Big Sweet Group Hundreds Hundreds Of People Parade Out Thousands Thousands Of People Participate Well Got Proud Very Children Middle-Aged Which Little Elderly Who March Marching Sydney
I know that Philadelphians hate New York actors passing off New York accents as Philadelphian when they are quite different. Jacki Weaver
Hate New Know Accents Passing Off York Quite New York Different Actor
I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2. Jacki Weaver
Small Feet Very Five
I don't play many characters like myself. Oh I don't know what I am! Jacki Weaver
Myself Characters Like Know Am Oh Many Play
When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there's nothing new under the sun, but there's always a fresh way of looking at something. That's why I love working with young people. They remind you of things you used to know and have since forgotten. Jacki Weaver
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When I was seven, I wanted to be Esther Williams. I was drummed out of Brownies because I snuck off to the cinema to watch an Esther Williams festival - my greatest wish if I get to Hollywood is to meet her. Jacki Weaver
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