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Sigourney Weaver

Susan Alexandra Weaver (born October 8, 1949), known professionally as Sigourney Weaver (/sɪˈɡɔːrni ˈwiːvər/), is an American actress. Following her film debut as a minor character in Annie Hall (1977), she quickly came to prominence with her first lead role as Ellen Ripley in Alien (1979). She reprised the role in three sequels: Aliens (1986), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress; Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). She is also known for her starring roles in the box-office hits Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), and Avatar (2009).

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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 in our business, and he's certainly one of them.

Business, Genius, Geniuses, Thinking, Thinks, Trying

There's something to be said for going right into people's living rooms. I think actors have always loved that medium - you're right in there with people in their homes. A lot of very audacious work is being done on television.

Home, Homes, Living, Medium, People, Thinking

I wanted to play a mother again. I thought it would be interesting to play the mother of an older child. And it was also the kind of part I've been looking for my whole career, actually, in film. You know, just to play a femme fatale who's very smart, and wicked.

Children, Interesting, Mother, Older, Smart, Wicked

I actually think the reason I am interested in certain parts is because I was such a dweeb in high school. When you are such a loser, it's a helpful way in to a lot of characters because even very powerful people are not all that powerful really. They all had a high school. That vulnerability is completely permanent and, as an actor, it's a good thing.

Character, Dweeb, Loser, Powerful, School

Most people think that animals are third-class citizens. Very few people really see animals as "the others" with whom we inhabit this planet. They have equal rights with us.

Animal, People, Planet, Rights, Thinking

I worked hard and made my own way, just as my father had. And just, I'm sure, as he hoped I would. I learned, from observing him, the satisfaction that comes from striving and seeing a dream fulfilled.

Afterlife, Dream, Father, Observing, Seeing

I'm no Ripley. I had doubts that I could play her as strongly as she had to be played, but I must say that it was fun exploring that side of myself. Women don't get to do that very often.

Fun, Women, Play, Side, Played

What makes these creatures so awful is the feeling that they can use us in ways too horrible to imagine-and yet, we DO imagine them, which makes it worse than seeing it.

Feelings, Horrible, Imagine, Seeing, Use, Vision

Sorry men, but I think boys are a little more oblivious in high school. Girls are just more sensitive. We're so concerned about how we look and how we're doing.

Girl, Men, Oblivious, School, Sorry, Think

My father was always very interested in space. I watch Star Trek and all those things, but I always had a different picture in my mind. . . maybe closer to Alien. I don't see it in space as much as I do see it in different planets, with each having its own strange characters.

Character, Different, Father, Interested, Stars, Watch

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.

Environmental, People, Run, Running, Tempers

We need to do a better job of keeping oceans healthy.

Healthy, Job, Jobs, Ocean, Oceans

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 writers, producers and crew members will be so commonplace, and roles and salaries for actresses will outstrip those for men, and pigs will fly.

Fly, Men, Pigs, Roles, Special

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 you're able to reach out and drink it. I love being older.

Inspirational Life, Love, Love Is, Over You, Pouring, Take

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

Conning, Our Society, Part, Society, Think, Thinking

Don't depend on other people's encouragement. It's never enough and never when you need it.

Depend, Encouragement, Enough, Needs, People

I actually have a long apology letter from Robert Brustein, saying, "I'm so sorry this happened to you. I didn't realize the people who were running the acting department at the drama school hated actors. " They did. And they were fired when I graduated.

Drama, Graduated, Letter, Running, School, Sorry

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.

Age, Ages, Daughter, Fiction, Film, Mother

I've always been very shy and sheltered; I think it was a good way of starting to communicate with people. I was taught as a child never to talk about myself, never to talk about my emotions. Of course, now I talk about myself constantly. Now I have to take reverse est.

Children, Thinking, People, Way, Constantly

I feel self-doubt whether I'm doing something hard or easy.

Doubt, Easy, Hard, Self

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