would suddenly say: 'Alright, in front of you is a huge chariot crashing down the stairs with 10,000 armed soldiers rushing right at you.' But there was nothing there at all, so I had to create the correct emotion, fear or whatever, while just looking at a blank space," says Weisz. The 20-something actress, currently starring in the London stage produc- tion of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer, next stars opposite Ralph Fiennes in Isztuan Szabo's Sunshine. With The Mummy opening in the- aters today, Weisz took time out from her busy schedule to speak with the Jewish News about her family and career. JN: How does one pronounce your surname? RW: My family pronounces it "vice." JN: Were both your parents Holocaust survivors? RW: They were refugees from Eastern Europe, yes. They were very small children when war broke out. My mother was born in Vienna, and my father was born in Budapest, and they both had to flee to England, where they met a few years later. JN: Were you ever subjected to anti- Semitism? RW: Personally I've never come across prejudice. I've heard people make jokes of a racist or anti-Semitic nature, [and] I've come across people who are very prejudiced, but it has never got- ten in the way of anything for me. JN: Do you think of yourself as English? RW: That's an incredibly complicated question to answer. I am English, but my parents are not, so ... I don't feel totally English; yet I don't feel Viennese, and I don't feel Hungarian. I don't really feel that I'm any kind of particular nationality. I feel kind of mixed. I feel at home and not at home in lots of different places. ~fa eal Complimentary Valet Parking Available at the Townsend Hotel Entrance for our Bakery Customers Exclusively! JN: Any actors in the family? RW: "No, my mother is a psychoana- lyst, but she is very Viennese, and Viennese people are quite naturally theatrical. We have no artists any- where that I know of. JN: Where do you make your home now? RW: Well, I have a home, an apart- ment in London, but that's sort of where my possessions are. I'm not physically there very much. JN: Would you live in Hollywood? 248-644-6506 FAX 248-644-3632 JN: Do you have any siblings? RW: I have a younger sister. She's a couple of years younger than I. And I have a stepbrother. He's 15. JN: Was it tough having a psychoana- lyst as a mother? RW: It was a nightmare! Absolute nightmare! No, I mean, I love her very much, but it's just so difficult because they use all these terms. Like when you are in a bad mood when you're 5, you don't want to be told that you are "projecting" or "displacing" or whatev- er term. ... You want to say, "I'm just in a really bad mood!" Yeah, and if you lose your keys, they say things like, "You didn't really want to come home" and stuff like that. Nothing ever is just what it is — it always has some great, deeper significance,which can be hilarious but also exhausting at the same time. So I think it has given me a sense of comedy, definitely, about life. 175 MERRILL STREET BIRMINGHAM, MI OUR GREAT NEW DINNER SPECIALS! MONDAY • . . FILET MIGNON TIPS W/Burgundy Wine Sauce $9.95 TUESDAY. . . . CHOPPED SIRLOIN W/onions, green peppers, mushrooms $6.95 WEDNESDAY . SHORT-RIBS or WHITE FISH SICILIAN° $7.95 $8.95 THURSDAY. . . SAUTEED SCALLOPS over rice FRIDAY WHITE FISH (Duratee, Broiled or Siciliano) $7.95 $7.25 CHICKEN MARSALA SATURDAY. . . VEAL MARSALA $8.95 ROAST CHICKEN $6.95 DELI & GOURMET RESTARANT SHIVA DINNERS 21754 E. 11 Mile Rd. • Harvard Row AND PARTY TRAYS FREE DELIVERY 248-352-4940 Fax: 248-352-9393 thEnD 319 5E P 0 CONEY RESTAURANT 1 0% Senior Citizens Discount r 50% OFF BUY ONE LUNCH OR DINNER RECEIVE 50% OFF YOUR SECOND LUNCH OR DINNER OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE. I. Not valid with any other offer • Dine in only Expires 12/31/99 (248) 424-8882 15600 West 10 Mile Road Southfield PARTY TRAYS DINING ROOM ■ CARRY-OUT BREAD BASKET IS NOW A 100% NO SMOKING RESTAURANT! Breakfast ■ Lunch ■ Dinner After-Theater ■ Kiddie Menu Lincoln Shopping Center 10-1/2 Mile Road & Greenfield Oak Park ■ (248) 968-0022 5/7 1999