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" I love working quickly. I don't like to do thousands of takes, and I don't want to do thousands of set ups. "
Sigourney Weaver
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" What I perceive in science fiction is that it's more about how everything looks than what's going on, which I think is just difficult if you're an action character. I think they are about character, not about what it looks like. "
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" I changed my name when I was about twelve because I didn't like being called Sue or Susie. I felt I needed a longer name because I was so tall. So what happened? Now everyone calls me Sig or Siggy. "
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" I'd love to tell actors about all the things they don't need to worry about. Less is more. If you have it inside, you don't need to show too much. People pick up on things. "
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" My father was always very interested in space. I watch Star Trek and all those things, but I always had a different picture in my mind... maybe closer to Alien. I don't see it in space as much as I do see it in different planets, with each having its own strange characters. "
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" Writers write these male stereotypes, and it makes it ten times more interesting if a woman says the lines. "
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" I was discouraged at drama school, along with most of my peers. "
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" I don't really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything. "
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" I still am in touch with several friends from high school. I don't go to reunions much. I'm afraid that if I go back to the school, they'll suddenly go, 'You know what? We've checked the records and you still have one more French class. Get back in here.' "
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" I'm very happy with the opportunities I've had. "
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" It's such a nice change to get to play a wretched, shallow, mergers-and-acquisitions woman. My true colors come out. "
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" I often meet young directors who, you know, had a 'Ghostbusters' picture on their wall as they were growing up. And it's really nice. It just shows how inter-generational our industry is. "
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" Here's a vice: I say yes to too many things. I wish I had the guilty pleasure of saying no. My goal is to try to do less, but more fully. "
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" I made fun of myself before everybody else could, so I always got the comic crowns: Freshman Fink, Sophomore Fairy, Junior Birdman. I got all three of them! "
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" I'm a natural golden retriever at heart. I'm fine with that now, but there was a time when I tried to keep myself from jumping up on people. I had to make myself sit. "
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" I was at an all-girls' school, so there were a lot of us who were really awkward. I was this tall when I was 11, so I was really awkward and self-conscious. No one would really have wanted to be mean to me. I was too unimportant. "
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" I've been very fortunate to be able to jump around. I just did this really wonderful film called Map of the World. That was a real, amazing, dramatic story. Then I did a movie called Company Men, a little comedy about the Bay of Pigs. "
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" I really enjoy working with younger actors. I just feel like we're all peers together. "
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" Every role sort of teaches you how to prepare for it. "
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" I think breathing is actually the key to a lot of opening up of other parts of yourself that you haven't used, for any job, but particularly in acting. "
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" When I look around the world, I don't see too many damsels in distress. If they're a damsel in distress, they're manipulating some guy to help them. "
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" It was actually a relief for me to play an actor who was scared, who didn't know where everything was, who didn't know what buttons to push, and for me to be able to play all that. "
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" 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. "
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" Usually it's the guys that don't follow you around, who you're attracted to! "
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" I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time. "
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" I just feel that getting out there physically and protecting New York, putting my arms around everyone and protecting them... to see this happen to our city and our community. "
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" That whole generation that's gone now, that lived through the two world wars, is a great example to all of us. They knew how to live. If something bad happened, they didn't sit at home, eat Haagen-Dazs, and watch a movie. "
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