"The main reason I did 'Captain America' was because I wanted to get out of my own head and stop taking my work so seriously."

-- Hayley Atwell

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“When HSBC took the painting out of their building, they had to block the road and use a crane to bring the painting out from the window. They spent about 20,000 dollars just to get the painting out of the building! They said not to bring it back, and told Sotheby's to sell it immediately!”

Source : Interview with Jane DeBevoise, www.aaa-a.org. March 25, 2010.
“Ninety-five per cent of my time is virtually wasted.”

Source : "Surfing the Universe" by Benjamin Wallace-Wells, www.newyorker.com. July 21, 2008.
“When I'm writing, the darkness is always there. I go where the pain is.”
“I guess I see a part of myself in everyone I write about. I tend to write about kids who are obsessed with something, and even though I have never been good with machines the way Hugo is, I did love miniature things when I was a kid.”
“Oh, I wish it were in my power to put men in the place of fashionable women for one six months! They should curl their hair, consult the milliner, make spongecake, do a little embroidery, wear long skirts, and dress so tightly that they could scarcely breathe.”
“The U.S. has the finest research scientists in the world, but we are falling far behind other countries, like South Korea and Singapore, that are moving forward with embryonic stem cell research.”
“I have fought too hard and for too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. I've heard the reasons for opposing civil marriage for same-sex couples. Cut through the distractions, and they stink of the same fear, hatred and intolerance I have known in racism and in bigotry.”
“The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.”

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