Hayley Atwell Net Worth

Hayley Atwell's Quotes

• Nude scenes can be very liberating. I feel very human. This is me, with all my little imperfections.
• My first job was a Greek tragedy, and ever since, one job just seemed to roll onto the next. I've been terribly lucky.
• [on Brideshead Revisited (2008)] What attracted me was I loved the vivid characters that had obviously come from a very rich novel and Jeremy Brock and Andrew Davies had put that into the script. The character definitions and the stage directions were very rich and as rich as the dialogue so I felt that there was a hell of a lot of passion behind it. I'm attracted to flawed characters. I think they're really interesting to play. I was really intrigued who this enigmatic Julia was and what was bubbling and going on beneath the surface. So it was probably that.
• [on her character in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)] Peggy was in a position where if she was a damsel in distress, she wouldn't be of that position. And when she says, "I know what it's like to have a few doors slammed in my face," I think because she's this attractive woman who's beautifully made up, she had to fight a little bit harder to get where she is to prove that she's capable. And I think that's great because there's a kindred spirit between her and Steve, there's an equality about them and I love that.
• I think it will be a balance of creative and commercial choices, going forward. People say critical acclaim and box office success don't go hand in hand and that may be true but I don't really think I'd live much on the salary of a full-time theatre actor. I mean, I could, but I really like going out to dinner...

Interesting Facts about Hayley Atwell

1. Studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (2002-2005), where she got a BA in Acting.
2. At age 9, she walked over hot coals at a 'Power Into Action’ workshop that she attended with her mother.
3. As a teenager, she went on anti-vivisection and Free the Dolphins marches.
4. At age 8, she became a committed vegetarian after seeing Loyd Grossman put a live lobster into boiling water.
5. Good friends with Emma Thompson and Chris Evans.
6. Only child and daughter of Grant Atwell, whose Native American name is Star Touches Earth (b. Missouri, of part Native American descent), a Shaman, and wife Allison Cain (b. London, Middlesex, England, Great-Britain and Northern-Ireland, of English and Irish descent). Her parents separated when she was 2-years-old. Maternal granddaughter of William D. Cain (b. Preston, Lancashire, England, Great-Britain and Northern-Ireland) (son of Arthur P. Cain and wife Florence Dawson) and wife ....
7. Is a skilled ventriloquist.
8. Has the same birthday as her Cinderella (2015) co-star, Lily James, who is only 7 years her junior; coincidentally both actresses are alumnus from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
9. Counts Bette Davis as a major acting influence.
10. Her first onscreen role was in a Pringles TV commercial.
11. Admits that the toughest word to pronounce with an American accent is "murderer." Brits tend to soften the letter 'R' as in 'muh-d'ruh.
12. She left a university degree course in Philosophy and Theology in order to train in theater.
13. While shooting Cinderella (2015), Hayley had her eyebrows bleached to match the blonde wig she wears in the movie. As she was performing the stage play The Pride at the time, she would have to rush from the set to the theater in the evenings and fill in her eyebrows with mascara.
14. Once, while on stage at the RSC, she noticed that her gym bra had accidentally attached itself to her costume. She promptly unhooked it and had to use it as a handkerchief for the duration of the scene.
15. She met Stanley Tucci on the set of Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and remains good friends with him and his wife, Felicity Blunt.
16. She has been nominated for two Olivier Awards for her stage work and a Golden Globe for Pillars of the Earth.
17. She enjoys pranking her co-stars and once filled a co-star's dressing room with hundreds of plastic balls.
18. Her film debut was directed by Woody Allen, 8 months after she left drama school.
19. During her performance of Sylvia in the play The Pride, Hayley had to change from a 1950's house wife to a modern day career woman in a 6-second costume change that involved 3 dressers hiding in the wings.
20. She was Head Girl of her high school and played rugby up until age 18.