I've had my share of villains and played some fairly nasty characters. But I've been acting for so long. I started out as the girl next door. Now I'm the grandmother next door. Jacki Weaver More Quotes by Jacki Weaver More Quotes From Jacki Weaver I do have friends in Australia who now refer to me as 'Hollywood Jack.' Jacki Weaver hollywood australia I don't play many characters like myself. Oh I don't know what I am! Jacki Weaver knows play character I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have. Jacki Weaver best-effort actors imagination I know that Philadelphians hate New York actors passing off New York accents as Philadelphian when they are quite different. Jacki Weaver different hate new-york Sexism is alive and well! We were saying this forty years ago. I'm an optimist, so I like to think we've progressed in some ways - in Australia, we get equal pay. Jacki Weaver equal-pay years thinking It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years. Jacki Weaver twilight adventure travel No, I'm so well-known at home I think they think of me like a piece of comfortable furniture that's always been around that they're not going to throw out. Jacki Weaver furniture home thinking I've always said about awards that they're meaningless until you win one, and then they're best thing in the world. The other thing about awards is that they engender respect from areas where it might never have come from without it. Jacki Weaver awards winning world Emily [Blunt] is such a giggler, she has such a positive life force about her and she's so giggly in a naughty sort of schoolgirl way that it kind of brings out the worst in you, you just love making her laugh. And also Nick Stoller has one of the best laughs. It's so infectious and whenever he laughs at something you do, it's like giving us a reward. Jacki Weaver positive-life naughty giving When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there's nothing new under the sun, but there's always a fresh way of looking at something. That's why I love working with young people. They remind you of things you used to know and have since forgotten. Jacki Weaver believe people way We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings'. Jacki Weaver mental-illness silver becoming In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature. Jacki Weaver growing-up australia son Emily and I have some funny scenes where we quarrel and it gets quite heated, the mother-daughter relationship. You know, film mothers and daughters adore each other. And some don't. But how could you not love Emily Blunt? But I think I'm just one of those people who's always discontented. Jacki Weaver daughter mother thinking I love when I am not typecast. I've been acting for 50 years. I was such a baby face; I was playing children until I was in my 30s, which frustrated me enormously. Now that I am 65 and getting to play women in their 50s, I am getting paid back for having to play children for so long. Jacki Weaver baby children years I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate in. And there's one little group... well it's not little, it's got hundreds of people marching, and they're all very sweet, middle-aged and elderly people who are the parents of gay children who are out and proud. Jacki Weaver gay sweet children 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 play song america I don't think they're more temperamental people now. With social media we hear a lot more about it. The nastiness you get online, there were always mean girls - always - they didn't have such a big forum as they do now. Mean girls ought to get a life, I think. Jacki Weaver mean-girls media thinking You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening. Jacki Weaver play stuff character The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you're acting, they're one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups! Jacki Weaver important eye soul 'Promiscuous' implies that I'm not choosy. In fact I'm very choosy. I just happen to have had a lot of choices. Jacki Weaver choosy choices facts
