Sigourney Weaver

Every time there's a really good story, there's women in it. We may not get as many roles, but the roles we…

— Sigourney Weaver

Most people think that animals are third-class citizens. Very few people really see animals as "the others" with whom we inhabit this…

— Sigourney Weaver

I think breathing is actually the key to a lot of opening up of other parts of yourself that you haven't used,…

— Sigourney Weaver

It's rather rare when you play an older character in a movie in a supporting role to even get an arc.

— Sigourney Weaver

One of the reasons I did this, because I wasn't really looking for another science fiction film, was that my daughter can…

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James Cameron thinks we can do anything. He'll let you try anything. There are very few geniuses in the world, let alone…

— Sigourney Weaver

Being tall has a major impact in general. It takes some courage to be as big as you are - to live…

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Once I put that wig on, I didn't say an intelligent thing for four months. My voice went up. I walked differently.…

— Sigourney Weaver

When I was in college, I was an English major, but I was part of this great group at Stanford called the…

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I actually think the reason I am interested in certain parts is because I was such a dweeb in high school. When…

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If one is married for a long time, and one does have a family . . . It is like an energy,…

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Most of life is hell. It’s filed with failure and loss. People disappoint you. Dreams don’t work out. Hearts get broken. Innocent…

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My husband is from Hawaii and his father who was also born in Hawaii was a teenager when Pearl Harbor happened, right…

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I think that's what I really dig about science fiction these days - we've caught up to it in a way. It's…

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I guess it's a pretty common experience while making a movie. You have to let go of the result and just hang…

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I was at an all-girls' school, so there were a lot of us who were really awkward. I was this tall when…

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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…

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I don't want to leave New York and leave my family. I don't like the distance. I just did a movie in…

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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…

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Someday hopefully it won’t be necessary to allocate a special evening to celebrate where we are and how far we’ve come…someday women…

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Carbon dioxide pollution is transforming the chemistry of the ocean, rapidly making the water more acidic. In decades, rising ocean acidity may…

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I've always been very shy and sheltered; I think it was a good way of starting to communicate with people. I was…

— Sigourney Weaver

What I love about Neill's Blomkamp work is that his stories are small human stories. But what's interesting about Neill's movies is…

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I wanted to play a mother again. I thought it would be interesting to play the mother of an older child. And…

— Sigourney Weaver

I've always thought that a lot of the problems in the world would be solved if a spaceship did arrive, then anyone…

— Sigourney Weaver

What I love about the 'Alien' franchise is I would do all kinds of films - dramas, comedies, whatever - and every…

— Sigourney Weaver

Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that…

— Sigourney Weaver

I am more of a New Yorker than ever and just actually, sometimes I fantasize about living somewhere else, where it's maybe…

— Sigourney Weaver

In Yale they convinced me I had no talent, even though I was always working. They cast me mostly as prostitutes and…

— Sigourney Weaver

My mother said, "Pack your bags and leave." And my father said, "I've already paid for a year and a half -…

— Sigourney Weaver

I am sent too many mainstream scripts in which the older woman is really quite grotesque. Sometimes you read a script and…

— Sigourney Weaver

I have always been uncomfortable with a series of movies. I hate that word 'franchise' - it always makes me think of…

— Sigourney Weaver