Rachel Weisz Portrait in White Sexy Dress Photo Print (24 x 30)

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Now, in "187 Things You Don't Know About Women," it states: If a woman says you would get along with her boyfriend, that means she wants to sleep with you. Nowhere, however, does it explain what it means when a girl compares you to Paul Rudd. I'm not sure what to think. She has starred in many movies, including The Mummy (1999), Enemy at the Gates (2001) and Stealing Beauty (1996). Rachel can also be seen in the movies The Shape of Things (2003), About a Boy (2002), Constantine (2005) and The Constant Gardener (2005), for which she won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. It's a really beautiful gift," she says. I assume she's referring to the sentiment, not the shiny disc itself. "Your intuition was very good. I love Billy Bragg. I love Sleater-Kinney; I think they are just amazing. And the Smiths are probably one of my favorite bands of all time." Morrissey again gets the girl. Rachel Hannah Weisz was born on 7 March, 1970, in London, U.K., to Edith Ruth (Teich), a psychoanalyst, and George Weisz, an inventor. Her parents both came to England around 1938. Her father is a Hungarian Jewish immigrant, and her mother, from Vienna, was of Italian and Austrian Jewish heritage. Rachel has a sister, Minnie, a curator and photographer. All Rachel can say is, "You've got very unorthodox handwriting." Not a big success. Maybe it'd be better if I fess up: I didn't actually write the poem; it's Bukowski.

I'm left no choice but to try to buy her affections with some of the gifts Esquire has provided me. The first one she unwraps is a Pucci scarf.Rachel started modeling when she was 14, and began acting during her studies at Cambridge University. While there, she formed a theater company named "Talking Tongues", which won the Guardian Award, at the Edinburgh Festival, for its take on Neville Southall's "Washbag". Rachel went on to star on stage in the lauded Sean Mathias revival of Noël Coward's "Design For Living". It was a role that won her a vote for Most Promising Newcomer by the London Critics' Circle. I think we both felt very vulnerable and there was a real sweetness,” Weisz said of the scene. “I don’t know if male actors ask this question but I know women normally think, ‘Is this sex scene really necessary?’ And in this case, it’sessential. The whole story of repression leads up to this moment. I think, particularly for Esti, the release of this big orgasm that she had was also a spiritual moment. It’s about freedom.” We arrive at L'Orangerie, a gilded French restaurant so aggressively romantic, it looks like the Hollywood set of a gilded French restaurant. It has huge murals of chteaus and a flower arrangement the size of my New York apartment. Or as Rachel puts it, "It's incredibly posh." We are guided to a candlelit table. Rachel: Yes. It's more comfortable, especially if you have to run for a bus or something. In London, it seems like you're always running for the bus. Fair enough. I've only one gift left, and she starts to unwrap it. As soon as she glimpses what's underneath the paper, she stops short and lets out a gasp. An actual gasp. "Oh my gosh, the blue Tiffany's box!" I can't help wondering if it isn't a bit tired. "We can never tire of the blue box," she explains. I warn her not to get too excited; it's not like a ring or a plane or anything, just a bottle of perfume. "It doesn't matter if it's a forty-dollar key chain," she says. "Let me explain: My mother is this insanely gracious gift receiver, and whenever she opens a gift--every gift--she says, 'Oh, just the wrapping would have been enough! Just the ribbon, just the bow alone!' Now, that's dramatic. But in the case of the blue box, it's true."

Uh, well." So far, the guidebook has been doing okay, so I heed its advice here: Never question how we drive. "Some of my best friends are female drivers," I tell her. I seem to be riding high, and since we've just finished up dessert, I risk it all with a final question from Esquire. True or false: You are more likely to have adventurous sex after receiving a gift of jewelry. That's so chic. I think women really like to be given things that they see in the store and admire but would never buy for themselves. Things that are beautiful but totally unnecessary."

It's kind of like having a penis for a bit, isn't it?" she says, which somehow sounds good when she says it. "Hmm, I wouldn't necessarily recommend this one as a first-date gift, though."