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The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story.


Rachel Griffiths

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ALAN YANG I could make the title of my memoirs: 'It's got cinematic disaster written all over it.'
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RACHEL ZOE I think people should look cute all the time.
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RACHEL ZOE I love Fall Fashion Week because it means lots of layering, long sweaters and vintage coats.
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RACHEL ZOE I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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RACHEL WEISZ The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.
RACHEL WEISZ That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as ...
RACHEL WEISZ L.A. makes you feel ugly.
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RACHEL WEISZ In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Eve...
RACHEL WEISZ If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing - anyone dressed up like th...
RACHEL WEISZ I've always been fascinated by activists, people who will devote their life to a cause, people w...
RACHEL WEISZ I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible.
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RACHEL WEISZ I find Hollywood really toxic.
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RACHEL WEISZ You have your real life and then you have your work.
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RACHEL WEISZ The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.
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RACHEL WEISZ I didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in t...
RACHEL WEISZ I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.
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RACHEL WEISZ I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.
RACHEL WEISZ Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process.
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RACHEL WARD I got pigeonholed a bit. When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted to be the kind of actress I ...
RACHEL WARD When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.
RACHEL WARD All anything takes, really, is confidence.
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RACHEL WARD Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and ch...
RACHEL WARD You're in a movie because you're appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fan...
RACHEL WARD I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque po...
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RACHEL TUCKER We lived in Manhattan, which was unbearable sometimes because it was so noisy. There were sirens bla...
RACHEL TUCKER Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and ...
RACHEL TUCKER I like surprising my audiences, and it's compulsory to have fun and be silly; I never take mysel...
RACHEL TUCKER If I thought about it before I went on, I would have never went on. So, therefore, you don't thi...
RACHEL TUCKER I did a reality TV show in London called 'I'd Do Anything,' and when I got put in the pr...
RACHEL TUCKER I'd been brought up on musicals. Instead of cartoons, we watched videocassettes of musicals at h...
RACHEL TUCKER I can be very ordinary looking.
RACHEL TUCKER I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'L...
RACHEL TUCKER We used to have front-row seats for the Grand Opera House pantomime every year, and once the dame Ma...
RACHEL TUCKER It's such a relief to see Catholic and Protestant ministers getting on - that's so rare. And...
RACHEL TUCKER When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and Wh...
RACHEL TUCKER Sting is a father figure to us all.
RACHEL TUCKER I am glad and thankful that my husband forced me to start reading for pleasure, as it took me years ...
RACHEL TUCKER My mum was no pushy parent. She would drop me off for auditions when I was in my teens at the Lyric ...
RACHEL TUCKER 'The Last Ship,' which is a beautifully written piece, is about a love triangle and young me...
RACHEL TUCKER Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
RACHEL TUCKER I read books for exams at school, but only because I had to read them, and really didn't enjoy i...
RACHEL TUCKER As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just ...
RACHEL TRUE Which is why I felt I was truly blessed this year, with leads in two nice films, and also the luxury...
RACHEL TRUE So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is...
RACHEL TRUE If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your r...
RACHEL TRUE When you work on a movie, you just have no idea how it's going to come out; you hope it's go...
RACHEL TRUE Even befor doing this film, I've always been interested in mythology.
RACHEL TRUE For six months I'd do movies and make it all about me. Then the other six months, it's not a...
RACHEL TRUE I'm actually developing a project so that I can have a lead.
RACHEL TRUE Which is not to discount everything I've done in my past; everything I have learned tremendously...
RACHEL TRUE And I can relate to that, because I went to an all white school, so I knew what that was like. And i...
RACHEL TRUE