Jacki Weaver quotes

It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight. (Jacki Weaver)

'Promiscuous' implies that I'm not choosy. In fact I'm very choosy. I just happen to have had a lot of choices.

Jacki Weaver

The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.

Jacki Weaver

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

A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.

Jacki Weaver

I'm in fact Australian but my mother's English so I've got no problem playing a domineering English woman.

Jacki Weaver

I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.

Jacki Weaver

Most Australians who've got an ear can do an American accent because we grow up listening to them on television and in movies.

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I was an adventurer, and I got married a few times. I kept trying to find a relationship as good as my parents'.

Jacki Weaver

I usually do get to play the very sweet, charming roles... but I'm not an obvious kind of villain.

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Everything the Coen brothers do is brilliant. (Jacki Weaver)

I believe in sex on a first date. Otherwise, how do you know if a second date is worth the effort?

Jacki Weaver

I do have friends in Australia who now refer to me as 'Hollywood Jack.'

Jacki Weaver

I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.

Jacki Weaver

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

I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'

Jacki Weaver

I'd love to be a voice in 'Toy Story 4.'

Jacki Weaver

I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.

Jacki Weaver

I don't play many characters like myself. Oh I don't know what I am!

Jacki Weaver

The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you're acting, they're one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups!

Jacki Weaver