Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaveris an American actress and film producer. Following her film debut as a minor character in Annie Hall, she quickly came to prominence in 1979 with her first lead role as Ellen Ripley in Alien. She reprised the role in three sequels: Aliens, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award Best Actress; Alien 3, and Alien: Resurrection. She is also known for her starring roles in the box-office hits Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, and Avatar...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth8 October 1949
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
It's such a nice change to get to play a wretched, shallow, mergers-and-acquisitions woman. My true colors come out.
I am more of a New Yorker than ever and just actually, sometimes I fantasize about living somewhere else, where it's maybe not quite so crowded or stressful, blah, blah, blah and after September 11th, I guess I could just not imagine living anywhere else.
Secretly, I had always wanted to go to Vegas, and have my own really bad act!
I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.
I am sent too many mainstream scripts in which the older woman is really quite grotesque. Sometimes you read a script and you feel quite sick that they have to caricature older women in such a negative way.
I think I have always tried to do the smaller films. I like to jump around and there is something really nice for acting in a smaller film. But I think now, Hollywood's movies certainly involve a younger generation for the most part and so... I love going back and forth.
I am a person who goes out without a purse. I put things in my coat pockets, so I don't have any accessories.
It was actually a relief for me to play an actor who was scared, who didn't know where everything was, who didn't know what buttons to push, and for me to be able to play all that.