Facts about Jackie Weaver

"'Promiscuous' implies that I'm not choosy. In fact I'm very choosy. I just happen to have had a lot of choices"

"I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting"

"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"

"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"

"I believe in sex on a first date. Otherwise, how do you know if a second date is worth the effort?"

"This friend of mine said he was surprised to find that - I don't think it's quite a majority - a bigger percentage of actors are introverts than extroverts. It was a big surprise to him. Now, I know me, and I'll do anything if I'm playing a character. Or anything that's true to the character, anyway. But in real life I'm a little more withdrawn"

"I'd love to be a voice in 'Toy Story 4.'"

"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!'"

"Everything the Coen brothers do is brilliant"

"I love getting presents. And awards. I'd do whatever they told me to do"