Hayley Atwell Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“I love firing guns. It's an amazing feeling - so sexy and powerful.”

“I am often lost in my own world, with a frown on my face.”

“From a very young age, stories fuelled my imagination in the most wonderful way.”

“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.”

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

“I like characters who have faults. I'm drawn to darker people.”

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

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

“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.”