“I have a tendency to lean towards a more retro look.”
― Haley Bennett
“I used to be a night owl. I no longer am a night owl.”
― Haley Bennett
“I like to accentuate the feminine form, so I’m a big fan of corsets. A woman’s body is beautiful and should be shown off and celebrated. I love a simple and elegant dress that highlights my waist.”
― Haley Bennett
“There was no time when I lived anywhere longer than two years. I was always a social outcast. Maybe I didn’t care what people thought because I was like, ‘Well, I probably won’t stick around here for too long.’”
― Haley Bennett
“I’m pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.”
― Haley Bennett
“I was obsessed with clowns. My dad had to get rid of them. I thought there were clowns under my bed for years.”
― Haley Bennett
“You’ll see me on ‘Top Chef’ someday. My Midwestern hospitality needs an outlet, you know?”
― Haley Bennett
“My dad would take me deer hunting with him, which was pretty traumatic – ‘Bambi’ was one of my favorite movies.”
― Haley Bennett
“I never imagined what it would be like to spend a 12-hour day crying and covered in blood.”
― Haley Bennett
“I shot ‘Girl’ about three weeks after I finished ‘The Magnificent Seven.’”
― Haley Bennett
“I’m attracted to the rag & bone aesthetic – classic and effortless with an edge.”
― Haley Bennett
“Rag & bone images always reflect the authenticity of the brand. Their images have character and tell a story.”
― Haley Bennett
“I think it’s important to surrender to situations that take you out of your comfort zone.”
― Haley Bennett
“We all have fears, especially when we’re younger. I was afraid of clowns.”
― Haley Bennett
“Thank God for product and blusher.”
― Haley Bennett
“When I’m out the street, I get people whispering behind me, ‘Isn’t that Jennifer Lawrence?’ I should start doing autographs – although if you stood us side by side, you wouldn’t make that mistake.”
― Haley Bennett
“Pioneer women were very tough – they had to be, because the men go off for long periods of time, and the women would have to be able to protect themselves and their homes.”
― Haley Bennett
“I think that, a lot of times in Hollywood pictures, the reality, the messy reality of women’s lives – it’s avoided, because I think people are just afraid of it. There’s a standard that women are set to, to try to keep everybody comfortable.”
― Haley Bennett
“I think, by nature, human beings are curious. And I think that’s only amplified as an artist.”
― Haley Bennett
“I think to try to understand human behavior and why people do what they do, and what in their lives have shaped them and impacted them to be who they are, it’s something. I mean, that’s my entire life.”
― Haley Bennett
“I think it’s very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent storyline.”
― Haley Bennett
“I’m very happy with the choices I’ve been making and the people I’ve been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.”
― Haley Bennett
“I have a thousands wants; it’s hard to really hone in on just a few.”
― Haley Bennett
“I want to have a long career.”
― Haley Bennett
“I prefer clean silhouettes that are almost utilitarian, but I’m not afraid to take risks on the red carpet, either.”
― Haley Bennett
“I love to dress up and create a narrative with my look.”
― Haley Bennett
“I struggled for many, many years following ‘Music and Lyrics’ – I mean really struggled.”
― Haley Bennett
“I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that’s not something that is easily given. You’re at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That’s an equation for a lot of heartbreak.”
― Haley Bennett
“My mom was an artist, and she had this amazing ability to transform everything into something beautiful.”
― Haley Bennett
“It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.”
― Haley Bennett
“I basically grew up in the backwoods.”
― Haley Bennett
“I went through a really dorky phase.”
― Haley Bennett
“I don’t know that I’ll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.”
― Haley Bennett
“I lived somewhat of a nomadic life, even when I lived in Ohio. We spent time in rural areas, in suburban areas, never really city areas. We rode four-wheelers. We had pigs and ferrets. And creeks. We had a creek in my backyard. It was like ‘Huckleberry Finn.’”
― Haley Bennett
“I’ve always been a dreamer.”
― Haley Bennett
“Before ‘Music and Lyrics,’ I was just doing high school plays and singing in my church choir and my school choir.”
― Haley Bennett
“I tried to play sports, which was a disaster and probably one of the reasons I ended up being an actress.”
― Haley Bennett
“If acting doesn’t work out, I’m probably going to be a professional chef.”
― Haley Bennett
“I was so terrified before an audience that I would break out in these ugly red hives, and my lips would quiver at the sight of a word or a song.”
― Haley Bennett
“I didn’t grow up a huge fan of the Western genre because there was never a female character to relate to or look up to.”
― Haley Bennett
“My dad was a single father, and he was a hunter.”
― Haley Bennett
“I learned how to shoot when I was pretty little.”
― Haley Bennett
“I get recognized all the time, but not as Haley Bennett.”
― Haley Bennett
“I like the idea of having a superordinary life.”
― Haley Bennett
“There’s not a formula that I’m following; it’s just how I feel at the time. For instance, I did a very experimental film called ‘Hardcore Henry,’ and that was simply because I thought the filmmaker was very interesting and a risk taker. A film like that had never been made before, so I chose to do that at the time.”
― Haley Bennett
“Doing ‘Magnificent Seven’ was a no-brainer.”
― Haley Bennett
“You can’t sit here and try to predict what kind of character I’m going to be drawn to next. At the time when I read ‘The Girl on the Train,’ it wasn’t like I was, ‘Ooh, I want to play a hot mess next.’”
― Haley Bennett
“Being nomadic isn’t sustainable forever. I’ve gotten to be really good at it.”
― Haley Bennett
“All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.”
― Haley Bennett
“I didn’t have a long-term plan or goal. If there would have been a road map showing me the way to my dreams becoming reality, I might have given it a second thought.”
― Haley Bennett
“My siblings were pretty far apart in age, so I sort of grew up as an only child.”
― Haley Bennett
“You typically find stereotypical female characters that are people pleasers, where they are wives and girlfriends, typically, who are in the background.”
― Haley Bennett
“I think the more experience I have working on films, the more I can shed that character rather than carrying around that heavy weight.”
― Haley Bennett
“Movies are really hard to make. You put a lot of work into them, and you want people to see them.”
― Haley Bennett
“For any actor – not just talking about myself – but if you’ve been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there’s going to be different choices you’re going to make.”
― Haley Bennett
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