Sigourney Weaver Quotes

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• Whether it was work, marriage, or family, I've always been a late bloomer.
• One of the reasons I did this, because I wasn't really looking for another science fiction film, was that my daughter can see it. She's…
• Never burn bridges. Today's junior jerk, tomorrow's senior partner.
• When you're young, there's so much that you can't take in. It's pouring over you like a waterfall. When you're older, it's less intense, but…
• Carbon dioxide pollution is transforming the chemistry of the ocean, rapidly making the water more acidic. In decades, rising ocean acidity may challenge life on…
• I don't want to leave New York and leave my family. I don't like the distance. I just did a movie in California and it's…
• I think I have always tried to do the smaller films. I like to jump around and there is something really nice for acting in…
• Most of life is hell. It’s filed with failure and loss. People disappoint you. Dreams don’t work out. Hearts get broken. Innocent journalists die. And…
• In the past, 'Avatar' would have won because they [Oscar voters] loved to hand out awards to big productions, like 'Ben-Hur.' Today it's fashionable to…
• I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love than a bigger part in one I don't care about.
• Some of the most intense affairs are between actors and characters. There's a fire in the human heart and we jump into it with the…
• With Alien, because we always use a different director, each one kind of stands on its own. So I guess it's possible for them to…
• As long as your robot isn't programmed by like Dr. Evil, I think you're going to be fine.
• It's such a nice change to get to play a wretched, shallow, mergers-and-acquisitions woman. My true colors come out.
• If you come back from the dead, you don't have the same value system, I think.
• When I look around the world, I don't see too many damsels in distress. If they're a damsel in distress, they're manipulating some guy to…
• 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…
• People are amazed that I do comedy. I always did comedy.
• I often meet young directors who, you know, had a 'Ghostbusters' picture on their wall as they were growing up. And it's really nice. It…
• I think breathing is actually the key to a lot of opening up of other parts of yourself that you haven't used, for any job,…

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