I grew up watching his movies; I know everyone did, but I really feel that a lot of my formative years were informed by Woody Allen films. – Rebecca Hall
I’m very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists. – Rebecca Hall
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
We can’t constantly tell stories of heroes. We have to hear the other stories, too, about people in dire straits who make bad choices. – Rebecca Hall
It doesn’t matter how much polite self-deprecating fluff you have on the outside if you don’t have a steely something in the middle that says, ‘You know what, I’m actually really, really good at this, and this is what I can do, and I’m going to do it.’ – Rebecca Hall
I think acting can be very frustrating, and there’s no experience that doesn’t make you a better actor. – Rebecca Hall
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
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
The kind of films I want to make are struggling to get made. And if they are getting made, they’re getting made on shoestring budgets with not enough time. – Rebecca Hall
I don’t think that anyone can really understand anything until it’s understood on a cellular, emotional level. – Rebecca Hall
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
I think I have a job, which is to present a character in a story and entertain you and divert you with my work – that’s it. – Rebecca Hall
If I got too famous, I’d just quit acting, but I think it’s highly unlikely I’m going to get really famous. – Rebecca Hall
There are a lot of movies about misfits that are quite cool, that kind of glamorize it on some level. I think there are fewer films, certainly with a lady at the center, about the agony of what it’s like to feel like you’re not accepted, and you’re different, and somehow you’re weird. – Rebecca Hall
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
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
