147 Quotes by Rebecca Hall

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!

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.

You either are a good director or you’re not.

When I was 22, I thought I couldn’t wear heels because of my height.

I’m very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists.

I think loads of people see acting, when they’re kids, as these magical stories that just happen within the context of the film or the play or the cartoon or whatever they’re seeing. They don’t imagine that there are actually people that go and do that for a living.

Sometimes I can spend months doing things to make sure that my instincts work correctly, but ultimately it’s still instinctive.

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.

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.