Atwell Quotes & Sayings

Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in front of the camera and whispered, essentially. — Hayley Atwell

I've had that experience of not liking people very much, but having tremendous respect for them. — Hayley Atwell

I don't think I'm curvaceous. It's simply that most other actresses are really, stupidly tiny. — Hayley Atwell

For students of every ability and background, it is the simply miraculous act of reading a good book that turns them into readers. The job of adults who care about reading is to move heaven and earth to put that book into a child's hands. — Nancy Atwell

I can't imagine it if beauty was the only currency I used as an actress. It just doesn't interest me. — Hayley Atwell

I have family dotted everywhere - Dad's in California; I've got aunts in Scotland and Virginia; family in Kansas City; family in Manchester and London. — Hayley Atwell

I think American guys tend to be a bit more forward, a bit more chatty and open than the Brits. The Brits seem to have a darker sense of humor, though I have met some Americans who have adopted bits of the British dry sense of humor as well. — Hayley Atwell

I think Brits probably feel that Americans are more like us than vice-versa, if that makes sense. Because we get everything American over here in Britain, but yet there are things which are staunchly English that you guys don't have. — Hayley Atwell

When actors get a bad name for diva behavior - I've never seen it. Because my experience with people who are really famous actors is that they work really hard. — Hayley Atwell

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

I like characters who have faults. I'm drawn to darker people. — Hayley Atwell

Skiing in Whistler was great fun. It's an extreme environment that's very different to my own and I had never skied before, so I had to learn to take on the elements quite bravely. It was nice to try something new. — Hayley Atwell

My real self, the self I have always been from a child, is a loner and nerd, slightly overweight, with a very heavy fringe. That is who I was as a kid. I don't think I will ever be anything other than that. — Hayley Atwell

Not all men are like you," she said. "Most are not so weak as to require the constant pleasures of the flesh the way you do." "True. I hope you can bear with me, for I feel that a bout of weakness is coming on. My humble apologies. — Ariel Atwell

The wild girl is with me always; she is my rage and my hunger, and if I live what passes for a decent life in this world, it is because I know to say no to the thing inside me that yearns, even now, to burn it all down. — Mary Stewart Atwell

I went to drama school for three years, and the whole thing there is that hopefully you are introduced to a man called William Shakespeare who is the greatest of all time of all storytelling. — Hayley Atwell

From a very young age, stories fuelled my imagination in the most wonderful way. — Hayley Atwell

Mum wasn't at all religious, but she thought that going to the theatre was as important a ceremonial, communal experience that a person could have. — Hayley Atwell

Although I grew up in London, I spent summers in Missouri, where my dad lived. It's quite a liberal town, Kansas City. You'd be surprised. — Hayley Atwell

The things that prey on my mind in London seem to disappear as soon as I find myself in a different environment. Survival mode kicks in. — Hayley Atwell

I am often lost in my own world, with a frown on my face. — Hayley Atwell

My first job was a Greek tragedy, and ever since, one job just seemed to roll onto the next. I've been terribly lucky. — Hayley Atwell

I'd love to do an action movie. Something with lots of stunts. Anything fast and dangerous and involving guns. — Hayley Atwell

There is no more important homework than reading. Research shows that the highest achieving students are those who devote leisure time to reading, even when the school day and year are only mid-length and homework isn't excessive. Recently, the largest-ever international study of reading found that the single most important predictor of academic success is the amount of time children spend reading books, more important even than economic or social status. And one of the few predictors of high achievement in math and science is the amount of time children devote to pleasure reading. — Nancie Atwell

When I first started playing with Gotham in 2008, I learned that my team wanted me to jam in my first bout, when we'd be facing off against the Queens of Pain - the team that included Suzy Hotrod, Donna Matrix, and many other legendary skaters. I was so nervous that I was feeling a little queasy every time I thought about it, even a few weeks before the bout. Finally, I asked myself what skills I'd need to be able to face off against Suzy and win. I decided that I'd need to be fast, agile, and fearless. So I started to tell myself that I already was. Every time I thought about the bout and started to get nervous, I'd repeat those words. I'd repeat them in my head when I took the line at practice. I'd say them out loud before I went to bed. The day of the bout, I was nervous, but not quite as much as I expected to be. — Margot Atwell

Each book was like an underwater cave, and when I rose again to the surface, I was pale and grumpy, resentful of everyone who hadn't been where I'd been. — Mary Stewart Atwell

The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably. — Hayley Atwell

Documenting trips makes them that much richer. I stick in train tickets and business cards from restaurants. It makes the whole experience poetic, describing the sights, smells and sounds around me. It means I can relive the holiday years later. — Hayley Atwell

I love firing guns. It's an amazing feeling - so sexy and powerful. — Hayley Atwell

I'm deeply ambitious and I always have been. — Hayley Atwell

It's people's worst fantasy to see their partner kissing someone else, even though it's a job and it's not real. — Hayley Atwell

I think it's always easier to play parts that you have something concrete that you can relate to. — Hayley Atwell

I'm not really into makeup, not really into fuffing with hair and stuff. — Hayley Atwell

I read a lot of heavy literature when I'm on set, so on holiday I want to indulge in something light-hearted. — Hayley Atwell