I love getting presents. And awards. I'd do whatever they told me to do. Jacki Weaver awardlovepresent Change image and share on social
I love pretending to be other people. The more unlike me they are the better - I find other people endlessly fascinating and myself incredibly boring. Jacki Weaver boreendlesslyfascinate Change image and share on social
A lot of directors want to storyboard you, whereas the best way to get a performance out of an actor is a collaborative process where you listen to the actor's input. Jacki Weaver actorcollaborativedirector Change image and share on social
I remember I was a little girl when Elizabeth Taylor stole Eddie Fisher from America's Sweetheart, Debbie Reynolds, and the reaction back then was enormous! And Angelina Jolie was in trouble, too, for taking a husband away from another America's Sweetheart. Don't take husbands from America's Sweethearts. Jacki Weaver americaangelinaback share on social
It's funny in the U.K., where I'm not really known because I never did a soap. My English cousins in the Lake District think I'm not a real actor because they've never seen me in 'Home and Away' or 'Neighbours.' Jacki Weaver actorcousindistrict share on social
The Oscar buzz when I was nominated was totally overwhelming. I think I can cope with anything now that I've coped with that. It was huge. It makes you realize, coming from a small country like Australia, what an enormous industry it is in America. Jacki Weaver americaaustraliabuzz share on social
A lot of actors, whatever movie you're working on, you make up a back story just for your own, to work off, even if the audience doesn't have it revealed to them. I think it's important that the audience makes up their own mind. Jacki Weaver actoraudienceback share on social
I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2. Jacki Weaver 4'11footsmall Change image and share on social
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 americaamericanarthur share on social
I've done a lot of plays before where I had to do a New York accent, but never a Philly one before. They do the rhotic 'r' - where you say the 'r' - where most New Yorkers don't. Jacki Weaver accenthavelot Change image and share on social