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" People are amazed that I do comedy. I always did comedy. "
Sigourney Weaver
Amazed
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" I love the role of Ripley. "
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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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" One of the reasons I did this, because I wasn't really looking for another science fiction film, was that my daughter can see it. She's 9 and it's really a good film for all ages. "
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" I have always been uncomfortable with a series of movies. I hate that word 'franchise' - it always makes me think of French fries. What I felt each time was that we were going for broke, that this was going to be the last in the series. You can't count on anything. "
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" There's something to be said for going right into people's living rooms. I think actors have always loved that medium - you're right in there with people in their homes. A lot of very audacious work is being done on television. "
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" Every role sort of teaches you how to prepare for it. "
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" I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it's cool. It's fun. I just take it as it comes. "
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" I have a very commercial appetite. I don't like to do high-brow things. "
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" Every time there's a really good story, there's women in it. We may not get as many roles, but the roles we get are really good, I think, for the most part. "
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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. "
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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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" It's rare when you have everything going perfectly all at the same time. "
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" We need to do a better job of keeping oceans healthy. "
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" I think I have always tried to do the smaller films. I like to jump around and there is something really nice for acting in a smaller film. But I think now, Hollywood's movies certainly involve a younger generation for the most part and so... I love going back and forth. "
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Nice
" Usually it's the guys that don't follow you around, who you're attracted to! "
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" I always find it particularly difficult to work in New York because there are so many things to do. "
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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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" For the camera, particularly, I feel like - I think that, as human faces become older, they become more interesting. "
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" I think indie films are really important, because they show the studios and the audiences when they see them, great stories. Really interesting, small stories. "
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" I'm no Ripley. I had doubts that I could play her as strongly as she had to be played, but I must say that it was fun exploring that side of myself. Women don't get to do that very often. "
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" I never think about Wall Street - why should I - but to go down there so often while filming 'Working Girl,' to become acquainted with this whole different world, and to find out what goes on behind the scenes, is so interesting. There's so much of the city that you don't really bother to investigate. Ahh... New York. "
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" I consider myself very much a team player. "
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" I worked hard and made my own way, just as my father had. And just, I'm sure, as he hoped I would. I learned, from observing him, the satisfaction that comes from striving and seeing a dream fulfilled. "
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" I had always done theater in extracurricular ways. I'd never been a drama major. "
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" As an actor, the second and last ones were interesting for me. Because those parts had the most change in playing someone who was both light and dark, sort of Jekyl and Hyde. "
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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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