Once I put that wig on, I didn't say an intelligent thing for four months. My voice went up. I walked differently. I'd ask incredibly stupid questions.
Interpretation
This quote humorously reflects how a dramatic change in appearance can alter one's behavior and mindset.
Sigourney Weaver's quote illustrates the concept that a simple change in appearance, such as wearing a wig, can significantly impact one's self-perception and behavior. It humorously highlights how superficial changes can lead to unexpected and often silly outcomes, revealing a light-hearted perspective on identity and self-expression.
In practice
During a comedy show, a comedian might use this quote to emphasize the funny side of changing appearances.
I've always thought that a lot of the problems in the world would be solved if a spaceship did arrive, then anyone with one head and two arms and two legs would be your brother! It wouldn't matter where they were from or what they believed or anything. It might be good for us.
Writers write these male stereotypes, and it makes it ten times more interesting if a woman says the lines.
Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!
When I look around the world, I don't see too many damsels in distress. If they're a damsel in distress, they're manipulating some guy to help them.
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I never think about Wall Street - why should I - but to go down there so often while filming 'Working Girl,' to become acquainted with this whole different world, and to find out what goes on behind the scenes is so interesting. There's so much of the city that you don't really bother to investigate. Ahh... New York.
Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.
They do what they do for money - that's all. I don't even know why you're listening to me. I've done commercials for both Coke and Pepsi. Truth is, I can't even taste the difference, but Pepsi paid me last, so there it is.
Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
You look at the world and see how scary it can be sometimes and still try to deal with the fear. Comedy can deal with the fear and still not paralyze you or tell you that it's going away. You say, OK, you got certain choices here, you can laugh at them and then once you've laughed at them and you have expunged the demon, now you can deal with them. That's what I do when I do my act.
I enjoy darker sardonic wit more than knock-knock jokes. I spent the first healthy chunk of my career playing all-American, pleasant, average, nice people, so it's fun to have some complications there.
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