Jacki Weaver Play Quotations

You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.

I do a lot of American plays. I've done a lot of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Neil Simon. I was in 'Sisters Rosensweig,' 'Six Degrees of Separation,' all of that stuff. So we're very familiar with America. I did 400 performances of 'Born Yesterday.' I did 700 performances of 'They're Playing Our Song.'

One of the things you learn at drama school is not to play the result, but just to play the moment.

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.

I usually do get to play the very sweet, charming roles... but I'm not an obvious kind of villain.

I don't play many characters like myself. Oh I don't know what I am!