Quotes By Rachel Weisz

I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.

I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.

You get perspective on things when you're away from your child, and in a way, your love for them becomes even deeper.

I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.

I haven't only been offered Hasidic roles.

When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.

I'm too disorganized.

I do read movie blogs. I think what's really interesting - Probably everyone says this, but what's interesting is it, it takes away the power, from the newspaper magnates, so be it Murdoch or whatever. I mean, it's like the people taking it back. Isn't it?

You have your real life and then you have your work.

As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience.

I am definitely a worrier.

Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don't believe they behave well.

I'm very successful and do lots of films but I've never actually done anything extraordinary.

I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics.

Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?

In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.

L.A. makes you feel ugly.

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.

My real fantasy if I was to drop out would be to live in a mobile home and be a hippie and drive around festivals and have millions of children - children with dreadlocks and nose rings - and play the flute.

For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.

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.

The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.

I'm not saving lives.

I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy.

I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.

I find Hollywood really toxic.

People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.

I'm very drawn to characters who are very flawed. I'm less interested in characters who are just good or bad, because to me then they're not real people.

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.