Rachel Weisz

I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.

I'm marriable. But I'm not married.

I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.

Bad things happen when people work together. Everything goes out of control.

You have your real life and then you have your work.

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.

Most people care what people think about them... we all do.

I'm not saving lives.

I haven't only been offered Hasidic roles.

I don't like travelling. Which is ridiculous. And it's not because I'm afraid of dying on the plane or anything. I just like to stay at home.

People want to imagine I spend every night going to premieres and putting on frocks and getting into limos, and yet I do that maybe twice a year, if that.

Oh yah, I'm definitely an old rocker.

I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.

I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy.

I'm very successful and do lots of films but I've never actually done anything extraordinary.

I didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in the classroom, get very bad grades.

I think there are two aspects to ageing: there's the physical side and what's happening inside.

Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?

Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'

People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.

I love to take baths.

I don't know anything about science.

When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.

I feel like I'm one of the many working mothers. And I only have one child. I know working mums who have three or four. It's definitely a challenge but it's a wonderful challenge to be able to do both.

I always do my interviews face to face.

You get perspective on things when you're away from your child, and in a way, your love for them becomes even deeper.

I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.

I'm very drawn to characters who are very flawed. I'm less interested in characters who are just good or bad, because to me then they're not real people.

I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.

I wasn't a big star in the school plays or anything.

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.

I'll say anything to live.

In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.

I want to play interesting women.

You would never say to a man, 'do you like playing strong men?' You just wouldn't say that.

I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible.

As a child I was the best tree climber in our neighbourhood, I was like a little monkey. I've never been afraid of hurting myself or a little physical discomfort.

I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.

I find Hollywood really toxic.

As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience.

Some people like having eyes upon them and I don't.

Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don't believe they behave well.

I'm too disorganized.

The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.

I think I'm very curious about other people. I like to sit and eavesdrop, you know.

I do read movie blogs. I think what's really interesting - Probably everyone says this, but what's interesting is it, it takes away the power, from the newspaper magnates, so be it Murdoch or whatever. I mean, it's like the people taking it back. Isn't it?

I go and see music all the time.

For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.

I am definitely a worrier.