A biography for Rebecca Hallhasn’t been written yet.
“No family is sane, is it?”
“I don't have regular TV; I have Apple TV, so I pick what I watch, which is perhaps not a good thing. I read all the big publications and also listen to a lot of podcasts.”
“I don't believe that all actors should end up being directors.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I would say that maybe directors who act as well are easier with actors. I'm not saying that all directors have this, but sometimes you'll come across a director who sort of looks at an actor a bit like a kind of untrained horse that's been let out of the stable, like they might buck him.”
“I think I have a job, which is to present a character in a story and entertain you and divert you with my work - that's it.”
“I've always had horrible Valentine's Days.”
“There's so much crap attached to acting: the fame aspect, the ego aspect, the 'Am I good, am I bad, am I being judged, who likes me, who doesn't like me...'”
“Directors assume I'm, like, establishment.”
“I love the solitary, romantic idea of writing.”
“I grew up watching his movies; I know everyone did, but I really feel that a lot of my formative years were informed by Woody Allen films.”
“Even if the film doesn't come out quite as you'd hoped, the process can also be very rewarding. I feel that way about a film called 'Lay the Favorite' that I made with Stephen Frears. I did that because the character was a real leap for me. The film doesn't quite all add up internally, but I feel very proud of what I did on it.”
“My mum's American. She's from Detroit.”
“I've never been desperate to please my father.”
“I was a sort of New York intellectual when I was 16. I wanted to dress like Annie Hall when I was 18.”
“Lentil dhal is the only thing I can cook.”
“You either are a good director or you're not.”
“Some of my acting heroes have built careers on playing characters who do horrendous things - they're repellent and lovable. They're not likable, but they're lovable. I think Christine is one of those characters.”