105 Quotes by Jacki Weaver

The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you’re acting, they’re one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups!

I’d love to be a voice in ‘Toy Story 4.’

Emily and I have some funny scenes where we quarrel and it gets quite heated, the mother-daughter relationship. You know, film mothers and daughters adore each other. And some don’t. But how could you not love Emily Blunt? But I think I’m just one of those people who’s always discontented.

I have no problem with my age. I’ve been acting for 50 years in Australia and everyone knows my age because I started at 15. So there was never any point in lying about it.

In Australia, I grew up watching ‘The Mickey Mouse Club,’ my son grew up watching ‘Sesame Street,’ my grandson’s growing up watching ‘Dora The Explorer.’ So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we’re born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it’s second nature.

When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there’s nothing new under the sun, but there’s always a fresh way of looking at something. That’s why I love working with young people. They remind you of things you used to know and have since forgotten.

I’m always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn’t be able to say anything rather than, ‘How do you do? Love you! Bye!’

Being a theater actor, I’ve done a lot of plays where I’ve seen someone else play the same role in another production. Especially with the classics: Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams.

Well, let’s say Asian. Some are Japanese. Some are Chinese. Some are Thai. Some are Vietnamese. He runs the gamut. And I actually happen to have a very dear daughter-in-law who’s Japanese. I don’t know what she’s going to make of the film, but I say a few disparaging things.