Ren?e Zellweger: (revealing she misses being a waitress) In 1996 I got a phone call offering a role in Jerry Maguire and my family and friends were there in this little restaurant. I remember thinking quite tragically that I might never do that again. It wasn’t fear - just acknowledgement of this potential life change, and that I would lose that. I loved my friends where I worked and I was happy.
Ren?e Zellweger: I'm an intensely private person. I think that personal shared experiences are precious and they're not for sale. It diminishes the integrity of your relationships -- your real relationships -- when it's just thrown out there for the people that you don't have built-up mutual trust experiences with. And I know that's really boring, but I guess it's just where I come from. The thing I guess you learn as you get older, isn't it, is that you just go ahead and get on with your life because; you know, what's the alternative? And I always believe there's something good there if you just pay attention.
Ren?e Zellweger: I was always different in that I liked being by myself. Even in kindergarten, when we were told to line up and go to the playground, I didn't feel like participating. I wasn't naughty; I didn't appreciate the line. Some of my best childhood memories are of being alone in my room-writing, reading books, listening to the Beatles, living in my mind. It's always busy in there.
Ren?e Zellweger: I am very proud to be Norwegian.
Ren?e Zellweger: My life has far exceeded what I might ever have dreamed of because I would never have been so bold as to dream that these things might happen to me.
Ren?e Zellweger: (talking about her weight she lost after Bridget Jones's Diary) It saddens me every day when people come up and say, 'OK, how did you lose that weight?' I can't speak about it because I am not an authority on weight loss. I am just not. I am not challenged with a medical situation that's weight-related and that I need to pay attention to.
Ren?e Zellweger: I remember just lying in the grass, staring at the clouds, wondering where they drifted off to after they floated over Texas. I never would have imagined that one day I would follow one of those clouds and find myself in Hollywood.
Ren?e Zellweger: (on putting on weight for "Bridget Jones") It's so boring. It's not martyrdom to change your body a little bit to play a girl you really want to play. I'd say that getting a funky haircut for a part is more traumatising.
Ren?e Zellweger: It made me sad to notice there's more American culture in society. It's about having their eyebrows groomed, pedicures, being more conscious about being thin and whether they're dressed appropriately. I'm used to those things in the US, but it made me sad to see it in the UK. Personally, I'm not bothered about my appearance.
Renee Zelwegger: This [my backside] is still very, very big.
Renee is a huge fan of the Dallas Cowboys.
Renee loves to say the word "awesome."
Renee Zellweger's favorite holidays are Christmas and Thanksgiving.
Renee admits to being a hopeless romantic.
Renee Zellweger appeared on the Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope benefit telethon in January of 2005.
In 2004, Renee accepted a Screen Actors Guild Award for Johnny Depp, who wasn't present at the time, when he won for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role."
In 2005, Renee who is naturally blonde, had to dye her hair brown for her role as Mae Braddock in the movie Cinderella Man.
While in college, Renee appeared in several commercials.
Renee once had a crush on Paul McCartney.
Renee will appear in a horror movie called Case 39. It will be released in 2007.
Renee dated Jim Carrey while they were filming the movie Me, Myself and Irene. They later got engaged then broke it off.
In 2004, Renee won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, for her role as Ruby Thewes in Cold Mountain.
When Renee won her Golden Globe award for her part in Nurse Betty, she was in the bathroom when they called her name.
She was chosen to play British character Bridget Jones over such British stars as Kate Winslet and Elizabeth Hurley.
Her dog, a collie-golden retriever mix named Dylan whom she had owned for 12 years, died in November 2003. She rescued the dog from a Texas pound.
She had to endure 10 months of a grueling training regime of vocal coaching and dance training to rise to professional standards.
During filming of Bridget Jones:The Edge of Reason she became such a big fan of the Chelsea soccer team that she disguised herself so she could go to the matches.
She once worked as a cocktail waitress in a strip club, called Sugars, while trying to become an actress.
She gained 20 pounds for her role in the 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary.
She ended her relationship with musician Jack White (whom she met during the filming of Cold Mountain) over the Christmas holidays in 2004.
She lived with actor Rory Cochrane for four years.
In September 2005, she filed for an annulment from Country Singer Kenny Chesney.
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