Jacki Weaver
Jacki Weaver
Jacqueline Ruth "Jacki" Weaver, AOis an Australian theatre, film, and television actress. She is known internationally for her performances in Animal Kingdomand Silver Linings Playbook, both of which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth25 May 1947
CitySydney, Australia
CountryAustralia
brother brilliant coen-brothers
Everything the Coen brothers do is brilliant.
thinking likes lioness
A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.
jobs challenges new-job
The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
feet five
I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.
people lovely culture
It's a very generous culture, American culture. I know you can't generalize 300 million people, but everyone I've met here has been so lovely to me.
delight function shock
It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight.
home thinking pieces
No, I'm so well-known at home I think they think of me like a piece of comfortable furniture that's always been around that they're not going to throw out.
twilight adventure opportunity
It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.
new-york people choices
It's fascinating. It's also exhilarating when you see people making the exact same choices that you've made. It kind of validates what you've decided to do. I saw a wonderful production of Jessica Lange doing Streetcar with Alec Baldwin. It was gorgeous. It's a measure of what a great classic that is, that our Cate Blanchett also did an absolute amazing Blanche in Sydney, as well as in New York.
thinking equal-pay years
Sexism is alive and well! We were saying this forty years ago. I'm an optimist, so I like to think we've progressed in some ways - in Australia, we get equal pay.
growing-up son australia
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.
believe people way
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.
crazy years acting
To be embraced by Hollywood when I'd been acting professionally for almost 50 years seemed unbelievable. I've been so welcomed in such a warm, generous way - it seemed crazy not to take advantage of it. I hope for another 20 years where I can still keep going.
baby children years
I love when I am not typecast. I've been acting for 50 years. I was such a baby face; I was playing children until I was in my 30s, which frustrated me enormously. Now that I am 65 and getting to play women in their 50s, I am getting paid back for having to play children for so long.