Rachel Griffiths

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Birthday:

18 December 1968, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Height:

177 cm

Her mother, Anna Griffiths, is an art consultant. Her uncle is a Jesuit priest. Has two older brothers. One brother, Ben, is a ski instructor. Lived on the Gold Coast, Queensland until age five, then moved to Melbourne. Attended Star of the Sea Catholic Girls' College, did well at school and learned ballet. When she was 11, her father left home with an 18 year old woman. She hasn't seen him for years. Her mother was an art teacher at the time and raised the children alone. Has an Education Degree in dance and drama. Worked for the theatre company The Woolly Jumpers, in Geelong. Made famous by Muriel's Wedding (1994). Show less «

I think family movies have gotten so rich in this country.

I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch of themes.

I think a big part of our attraction to sport movies are the stories contained within the sports.

I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.

I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know?

But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom.

A Golden Globe is a mood-altering substance, there's no doubt about that.

I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.

It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to ...Show more »

It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realise my dreams. Show less «

There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.

We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can ...Show more »

We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world. Show less «

I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardising the gre...Show more »

I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardising the greater good - which is the family. Show less «

And I grew up watching all the British ones so when you hear that from an early age, it makes it much easier than you guys who don't grow up...Show more »

And I grew up watching all the British ones so when you hear that from an early age, it makes it much easier than you guys who don't grow up with Australian television or British television. Show less «

We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against t...Show more »

We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama. Show less «

Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really g...Show more »

Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere. Show less «

You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.

The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story.

People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.

I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realise the kind of collective vision.

I'm quite intuitive about what I pick. Often it's to do with what I've just done and how I'm feeling.

I'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story.