Rachel Hurd-Wood Professions : Film actress Born : August 17, 1990 Browse All Authors Top 15 quotes by Rachel Hurd-Wood As a kid at school, I had a lot of really good teachers and I had a lot of really bad teachers, and I just know how much of an impact those can have on a young child. To be one of the good teachers - I want to have that kind of impact. Rachel Hurd-Wood teacher kids children It was never my goal to be an actor. Rachel Hurd-Wood actors goal I've been a victim in every film I have done so far. It would be nice to play someone who doesn't get killed for once. Then again, I am getting really good at screaming and fake tears... Rachel Hurd-Wood fake nice play I'm quite good at going away from home. I don't live with my parents or anything. But it is tough when you're so far away from everyone. Rachel Hurd-Wood going-away parent home I'm really focused and committed to teaching now. Maybe when I'm about 30, which is in 10 years, I would like to consider doing something like speech therapy. That's what I really would like to do. I could go and do that now but it's not my drive at the moment. My drive is acting right now. Rachel Hurd-Wood acting moments teaching A really irritating thing when you're watching a film is if somebody's accent isn't bang-on - it distracts you from getting into the story because you're thinking: 'Where are they from?' Rachel Hurd-Wood story you irritating thinking I would really like to play someone contemporary, as I've done lots of period pieces. I would love to play an American bimbo or a grimy Londoner. But I'm probably more suited in people's minds to playing a corseted victim. Rachel Hurd-Wood someone done love people 'English Rose' - what does that actually mean? That I am pale? That I am English, maybe? They are going to say that about any actress from this country! Rachel Hurd-Wood i-am say rose country I'm sick of having red hair, but people seem to like that aesthetic. Rachel Hurd-Wood aesthetic red hair people I live in Surrey, but up until the age of eight I lived in London. And the way I heard about this 'Peter Pan' film was there was an open-call audition that I'd heard about, or read about, and I just thought, 'Oh, I'll go along for the fun.' Because I never dreamed in a million years I'd ever get it. Rachel Hurd-Wood live age fun way I've always liked drama; I've always found it really fun, like, I did go to drama club and things like that. Rachel Hurd-Wood go always fun drama I don't believe in ghosts. Rachel Hurd-Wood ghosts believe I love comedy, but it has to be hysterical and really amusing; I'm not really a big fan of romantic comedies, in fact I can't stand them. I'm really more of a fan of 'Team America' and 'Dodgeball.' Rachel Hurd-Wood comedy team love romantic I'm not dark; I'm not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the movie and more whether I think it's a good film, whether I like the character and whether I think I could do it. I don't think, 'Oh, I've done X amount of dark films.' Rachel Hurd-Wood good think dark character I'm uncomfortable with the limelight. I'm not the type to go to the places where I know I'll be seen. I'd rather keep a low profile. Rachel Hurd-Wood places go know uncomfortable Similar Authors Isabella Rossellini film-actress Izabella Scorupco film-actress Betty Buckley film-actress Bipasha Basu film-actress Butterfly McQueen film-actress Bryce Dallas Howard film-actress All Authors