Even in Australia I'd say 80 percent of our television was American. I grew up watching Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone. I used to sit with my mum when I was just nine years old, trying to guess what the twist would be. I love that kind of thing.
Jacki WeaverIt's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight.
Jacki WeaverSexism is alive and well! We were saying this forty years ago. I'm an optimist, so I like to think we've progressed in some ways - in Australia, we get equal pay.
Jacki WeaverI know that Philadelphians hate New York actors passing off New York accents as Philadelphian when they are quite different.
Jacki WeaverEmily and I have some funny scenes where we quarrel and it gets quite heated, the mother-daughter relationship. You know, film mothers and daughters adore each other. And some don't. But how could you not love Emily Blunt? But I think I'm just one of those people who's always discontented.
Jacki Weaver