A biography for Rachel Weiszhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.”
“I'm not saving lives.”
“When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.”
“It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're sexy because they risk more. Stand-up comedians risk more than anyone.”
“I think I'm very curious about other people. I like to sit and eavesdrop, you know.”
“I feel like I'm one of the many working mothers. And I only have one child. I know working mums who have three or four. It's definitely a challenge but it's a wonderful challenge to be able to do both.”
“Some people like having eyes upon them and I don't.”
“The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.”
“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.”
“I always do my interviews face to face.”
“Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'”
“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 didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in the classroom, get very bad grades.”
“I love to take baths.”
“Most people care what people think about them... we all do.”
“I'm too disorganized.”
“You have to be quite stupid to act.”
“I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.”
“I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.”
“I am definitely a worrier.”