Rebecca Hall famous quotes

It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Telling Stories #Sound #Stories

Of course, any job is scary, but you tackle the challenges head on and hope for the best.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Jobs #Scary #Challenges

We cannot talk with [animals] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels. They should, however, be accorded equality in that they should receive both compassion and respect; it is unworthy of us to exploit them in any way.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Respect #Emotional #Compassion

No family is sane, is it?
-- Rebecca Hall

#Sane

One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Black And White #Personality #Golden

Twin Peaks' is my favorite American TV show.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Tv Shows #Tvs #Twins

When I was 22, I thought I couldn't wear heels because of my height.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Height #Heels

You either are a good director or you're not.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Directors

I quite enjoy cooking but I'm not consistent. I can't follow the recipe book. If something goes well, I'll never make it again, which is completely stupid. It's a one-shot kind of deal.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Stupid #Book #Cooking

I read everything. I've always got a book on the go and I'm really nerdy about it, I get through books and don't remember anything about them afterwards. But I read all sorts, from classic to contemporary.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Book #Classic #Remember

I think for a long time it seemed like working in an art form and being a feminist meant portraying women in a perfect, angelic light. And there's nothing feminist about that.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Art #Thinking #Light

I used to have the most visceral response to having my photo taken. I felt like instantly bursting into tears and running out of the room. I hated all the attention, which is such a stupid thing for an actor to say.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Running #Stupid #Taken

I would say that maybe directors who act as well are easier with actors. I'm not saying that all directors have this, but sometimes you'll come across a director who sort of looks at an actor a bit like a kind of untrained horse that's been let out of the stable, like they might buck him.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Horse #Directors #Looks

If pressed, I would say I feel British. It's where I grew up and where I choose to live, the culture that I love, but I feel perfectly at home in America, I don't feel like a tourist or anything.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Home #America #Tourists

One of the great things about the 'Iron Man' franchise is that they employ fascinating actors who don't necessarily do action movies. Before 'Iron Man' you didn't associate Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow with those kinds of films. There's an emphasis on repartee and wit.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Men #Iron #Actors

There are people all over the world who like to write fan letters in the voice of their pet: 'Hello, my name is Fifi and I'm a labrador and I think you're great. Paw paw!
-- Rebecca Hall

#Writing #Thinking #Names

To read a character I'm not sympathizing with is generally quite a good, attractive proposition because I've got somewhere to go, I've got work to do, to try to understand why they behave like they behave, to relate entirely and understand them and to be completely emotionally connected. That is much more fun 99 percent of the time.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Fun #Character #Trying

Whenever I'm in theatre situations I will go out of my way not to talk about my father, but in the film world I can be really proud of my family and say, 'You know what: my dad's a really, really famous theatre director,' because nobody has any idea.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Dad #Father #Ideas

A floor length backless black sequined dress would be my dream dress. As for my dream date - that would have to be a young Marlon Brando!
-- Rebecca Hall

#Dream #Black #Dresses

My mum's American. She's from Detroit.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Detroit #Mum

My childhood was very colourful, and I am very good friends with both my parents. We have no secrets.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Good Friend #Childhood #Parent

As a child I loved ghost stories.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Children #Ghost Stories #Stories

I was a really pretentious teenager,
-- Rebecca Hall

#Teenager #Pretentious

There's always going to be a separate version of you that people will create, and you have no control over it.
-- Rebecca Hall

#People #Over It

I've always had horrible Valentine's Days.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Valentine #Horrible

I always look for contradiction in a character.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Character #Looks #Contradiction

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some level.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Want #Actors #Levels

I don't like talking about myself, if I'm honest.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Talking #Honest

I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Thinking #Film #Theater

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Thinking #Acting #Actors

I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Kids #Film #Grew

I'm not consciously avoiding doing a lot of period drama, but I don't really seek it out either.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Drama #Periods #Avoiding

I'm very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists.
-- Rebecca Hall

#People #Playlists

I've never been desperate to please my father.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Father #Desperate #Please

I've played an awful lot of repressed people.
-- Rebecca Hall

#People #Awful

If you act scared, your body produces adrenaline.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Body #Scared #Produce

Lentil dhal is the only thing I can cook.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Cooks #Lentils

When we are aligned, everything can flow, and life and yoga becomes effortless.
-- Rebecca Hall

#Yoga #Flow #Effortless