"There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then turning around and playing someone sweet. Films give you this opportunity"
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Her phrasing also smuggles in a critique of how the industry sorts women. "Bad" and "sweet" are stock bins Hollywood loves because they're legible, marketable, and easy to light. Weber isn't pretending those categories are deep; she's pointing out how useful they are to an actor's psyche and career. You get to exercise edges - aggression, appetite, contempt - without being punished for it offscreen, then cash in on the cultural comfort of "someone sweet". The whiplash is the point: range as survival strategy.
"Films give you this opportunity" lands like a quiet defense of the medium itself. Cinema doesn't just document; it temporarily suspends judgment. For an actress especially, that suspension matters in a culture eager to conflate female performers with the women they play. Weber is claiming a rare kind of freedom: to be unlikable on purpose, then adored again, without having to apologize for either.
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Weber, Amy. (2026, January 16). There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then turning around and playing someone sweet. Films give you this opportunity. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-is-nothing-better-than-playing-a-bad-girl-136968/
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Weber, Amy. "There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then turning around and playing someone sweet. Films give you this opportunity." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-is-nothing-better-than-playing-a-bad-girl-136968/.
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"There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then turning around and playing someone sweet. Films give you this opportunity." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-is-nothing-better-than-playing-a-bad-girl-136968/. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.


