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No one would want to read a book in which I explain the science of cloning because it would be very dull and it would also make no sense.


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RACHEL WEISZ My real fantasy if I was to drop out would be to live in a mobile home and be a hippie and drive aro...
RACHEL WEISZ Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; wh...
RACHEL WEISZ There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in peop...
RACHEL WEISZ The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.
RACHEL WEISZ As a child I was the best tree climber in our neighbourhood, I was like a little monkey. I've ne...
RACHEL WEISZ I didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in t...
RACHEL WEISZ I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.
RACHEL WEISZ You would never say to a man, 'do you like playing strong men?' You just wouldn't say th...
RACHEL WEISZ People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one t...
RACHEL WEISZ I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.
RACHEL WEISZ Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process.
RACHEL WARD I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually...
RACHEL WARD I got pigeonholed a bit. When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted to be the kind of actress I ...
RACHEL WARD When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.
RACHEL WARD All anything takes, really, is confidence.
RACHEL WARD There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not li...
RACHEL WARD Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and ch...
RACHEL WARD You're in a movie because you're appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fan...
RACHEL WARD I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque po...
RACHEL WARD It had to be a book that held my attention and kept me wanting to read it; when my husband finished ...
RACHEL TUCKER When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as ...
RACHEL TUCKER