Life Lessons with Rachel Weisz

Hello, I'm Rachel Weisz. Welcome to my British Harper's Bazaar cover shoot. Style, I think it's two things. I think it's how I really dress in my everyday life and then a fantasy life. So real life, what I've learned about style is whatever's the quickest way to get dressed in the morning is the best way. So I just stick to jeans, t-shirts, boots, things like that. But then I have a whole fantasy alter ego which doesn't get dressed up much but is like vintage 1970s Yves Saint Laurent. So what I've learned is it's okay to have a fantasy life and a real life. Beauty in general is often something that is slightly off center or imperfect. It's free, it doesn't cost you money. It's sleep and water. Two things that I think are essential. I'm lucky at this point in my career in that I can choose jobs. When I started out I just, any job that I got offered to pay the rent. But now I can choose and I think when I started out I just, everything was interesting. And now not everything's interesting to me. There are some things that I really want to lean into, certain kinds of stories and that's a lot of fun. I love being a mom. I guess that's the thing I learned about family. Love. There's all different kinds of loves. There's love for your kids, love for your parents. I have girlfriends that I've been friends with since I was a kid and that's a very strong love. And then a marriage which is a totally different kind of love. I think confidence is really hard to fake. Maybe some people are good at faking it but I think you either have some inner confidence or you don't. I think it's a hard thing to put on. It's having belief in yourself which is I think really challenging for everyone. I think we need feminism in the world. I celebrate the differences between the sexes. I think it's wonderful that we're really different. I think we kind of need each other to balance each other out. Come along a long way but I think there's a long way to go.