I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film. Rebecca Hall More Quotes by Rebecca Hall More Quotes From Rebecca Hall It sounds trite, but I like telling stories. Rebecca Hall telling-storiesstoriessound We cannot talk with [animals] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels. They should, however, be accorded equality in that they should receive both compassion and respect; it is unworthy of us to exploit them in any way. Rebecca Hall equalityrespectanimal 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! Rebecca Hall blackdreamdresses You either hear the story and you're curious, and you're sort of sympathetic, or you think, "Ugh, how horrible." That's dehumanizing. How about we take that and turn Christine Chubbuck into a person and it's not about the final act, it's about her life. I felt that really strongly, and I felt a sort of deep sympathy with her. It's also why I do what I do. I want to try to make difficult people somehow relatable. Rebecca Hall tryingpeoplethinking To read a character I'm not sympathizing with is generally quite a good, attractive proposition because I've got somewhere to go, I've got work to do, to try to understand why they behave like they behave, to relate entirely and understand them and to be completely emotionally connected. That is much more fun 99 percent of the time. Rebecca Hall funtryingcharacter I don't want to make vast generalizations about people who go into legal professions, but there are similarities in the barristers that I met and interacted with, in the sense that they tend to be highly eloquent, highly analytical, thinking people who have a very rapid-fire think-before-they-speak button, as it were. Rebecca Hall firepeoplethinking I always look for contradiction in a character. Rebecca Hall contradictioncharacterlooks I daydream about things I want to happen, but none of it is more complicated, most of the time, than just really hoping that the good parts and the well-written parts are the ones that turn up on my doorstep. Rebecca Hall daydreamingcomplicatedwant No family is sane, is it? Rebecca Hall sane One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films. Rebecca Hall black-and-whitehollywoodpersonality Twin Peaks' is my favorite American TV show. Rebecca Hall tv-showstvstwins You don't get roles like leading character in 'Christine' very often because people don't really like women on film to be unlikable. I think Christine is lovable, but I don't think she's likable. I think there's a fundamental difference. For me, those are the richest ones. Men have had a career of doing those kind of things. Rebecca Hall charactermenthinking When I was 22, I thought I couldn't wear heels because of my height. Rebecca Hall heelsheight You either are a good director or you're not. Rebecca Hall good-directorsdirectors 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. Rebecca Hall cookingstupidbook I don't want to massively slag off Marvel, I don't. Because they have just employed a woman to be their superhero, and so hallelujah. Rebecca Hall superhero 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 classicrememberbook 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 lightartthinking Whenever I'm in theatre situations I will go out of my way not to talk about my father, but in the film world I can be really proud of my family and say, 'You know what: my dad's a really, really famous theatre director,' because nobody has any idea. Rebecca Hall dadfatherideas The idea that fear can manipulate people and you can use fear in the media to get what you want is happening right now. I think it has a lot of relevance between 2017 and 70's. Rebecca Hall manipulatepeoplethinking
