Quotes by Sigourney Weaver

About Sigourney Weaver:

Sigourney Weaver is an American actress and film producer. Following her film debut as a minor character in Annie Hall, she quickly came to prominence in 1979 with her first lead role as Ellen Ripley in Alien. She reprised the role in three sequels: Aliens (1986), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award Best Actress; Alien 3 (1992), and Alien: Resurrection (1997).
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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.

Sigourney Weaver

I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it's cool. It's fun. I just take it as it comes.

Sigourney Weaver

It's such a nice change to get to play a wretched, shallow, mergers-and-acquisitions woman. My true colors come out.

Sigourney Weaver

As an actor, the second and last ones were interesting for me. Because those parts had the most change in playing someone who was both light and dark, sort of Jekyl and Hyde.

Sigourney Weaver

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.

Sigourney Weaver

That whole generation that's gone now, that lived through the two world wars, is a great example to all of us. They knew how to live. If something bad happened, they didn't sit at home, eat Haagen-Dazs, and watch a movie.

Sigourney Weaver

I think indie films are really important, because they show the studios and the audiences when they see them, great stories. Really interesting, small stories.

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 get are really good, I think, for the most part.

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 see it. She's 9 and it's really a good film for all ages.

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 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 anythin...

Sigourney Weaver

Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that don't turn out the way you're given the impression that they will. And I think that's all kind of a con. But I think we've probably all bee...

Sigourney Weaver

When I was in college, I did sort of want to be a journalist. Being an actor, you kind of have the same interest. You go into a story, and you tell it from your point of view for people who aren't there. That's what an actor does with a character. Bu...

Sigourney Weaver

It's rare when you have everything going perfectly all at the same time.

Sigourney Weaver

I'm a natural golden retriever at heart. I'm fine with that now, but there was a time when I tried to keep myself from jumping up on people. I had to make myself sit.

Sigourney Weaver

I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.

Sigourney Weaver

I don't really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything.

Sigourney Weaver

What I perceive in science fiction is that it's more about how everything looks than what's going on, which I think is just difficult if you're an action character. I think they are about character, not about what it looks like.

Sigourney Weaver

There's a lot of conning as part of our society, I think.

Sigourney Weaver

I love playing an alien.

Sigourney Weaver

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.

Sigourney Weaver

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.

Sigourney Weaver

Author Bio

  • NameSigourney Weaver
  • DescriptionAmerican actress
  • BornOctober 8, 1949
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Actor; Voice Actor