38 Quotes by Hayley Mills

Programming is similar to a game of golf. The point is not getting the ball in the hole but how many strokes it takes.

I live in jeans and own a lot of them. I’m much more comfortable in trousers and T-shirts, and I don’t often wear dresses.

Wherever I am in the world, I never get Sunday night blues. I suppose it’s because I’ve never worked at any one thing long enough to start hating it.

I’m a lazy creature when I’m not acting.

My father was an inspiration to me; I made a few movies with him and I loved working with him. Everything about him – his whole approach to work, as well as his love, enthusiasm and respect for it and other people in the business – was inspiring. I was very lucky to have him as a role model.

In my life, things have happened to me. I’ve never felt I was controlling anything.

Do I think I’m under-educated? Academically, absolutely. I never took any exams, no O- or A-levels.

It doesn’t make sense that there is only one way of dealing with cancer.

My sons are precious to me and I have tried incredibly hard to strike the right balance between work and home life while being acutely aware that I haven’t always got it right.