Sigourney Weaver

“Being tall has a major impact in general. It takes some courage to be as big as you are - to live up to it and not be intimidated by the graceful tiny people.”

“Writers write these male stereotypes, and it makes it ten times more interesting if a woman says the lines.”

“If you come back from the dead, you don't have the same value system, I think.”

“Maybe you're better to play a villain just straight out.”

“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.”

“I'm always the last person they go to with a sequel, because I'm the most skeptical. You know, I'm very proud of what we've done, and I don't want to screw up our series.”

“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.”

“I had always done theater in extracurricular ways. I'd never been a drama major.”

“I love working quickly. I don't like to do thousands of takes, and I don't want to do thousands of set ups.”

“I am more of a New Yorker than ever and just actually, sometimes I fantasize about living somewhere else, where it's maybe not quite so crowded or stressful, blah, blah, blah and after September 11th, I guess I could just not imagine living anywhere else.”

“I've always thought that a lot of the problems in the world would be solved if a spaceship did arrive, then anyone with one head and two arms and two legs would be your brother! It wouldn't matter where they were from or what they believed or anything. It might be good for us.”

“What makes these creatures so awful is the feeling that they can use us in ways too horrible to imagine-and yet, we DO imagine them, which makes it worse than seeing it.”

“I'm very happy with the opportunities I've had.”

“I have a very commercial appetite. I don't like to do high-brow things.”

“People who run environmental groups and things like that, who have to listen to all kinds of nonsense and keep their tempers, are very diplomatic and very inclusive.”

“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.”

“I think that every piece has its challenges. I love going back and forth between one and the other. I'll always pick a comedy over a drama.”