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I'm in fact Australian but my mother's English so I've got no problem playing a domineering English woman.
Jacki Weaver
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Jacki Weaver
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 25
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Sydney
NSW
Jacqueline Ruth Jacki Weaver
Jacqueline Ruth Weaver
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I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate in. And there's one little group... well it's not little, it's got hundreds of people marching, and they're all very sweet, middle-aged and elderly people who are the parents of gay children who are out and proud.
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I believe in sex on a first date. Otherwise, how do you know if a second date is worth the effort?
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I haven't really had a major role in film for about 12 years. But I never stopped working in the theater. I do stuff back to back.
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One of the things you learn at drama school is not to play the result, but just to play the moment.
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I've always said about awards that they're meaningless until you win one, and then they're best thing in the world. The other thing about awards is that they engender respect from areas where it might never have come from without it.
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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.
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The libel laws in Australia are a lot tougher than they are in America.
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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.
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