“My dad always told me that I was really, really smart. He told me I was really smart more than he told me that I was beautiful and I think that’s had a huge impact on my life. I imagine that Peggy probably would have had a similar kind of thing – someone in her life as a child that told her she was capable and that’s what makes her believe in herself.”
“I was really shy as a kid, but my mum always used to take me to the theatre and I loved it – everyone sitting in a dark room and having the same experience, going on the same journey, and things that weren’t normally said in every day life were being said on stage. I didn’t know how to get into it. I didn’t know if I had any talent for it. I didn’t even know if I wanted to do anything in front of people, but I just loved that world. My parents instilled in me the idea that we can do and be whoever we want to be if we have the right level of awareness.”
9/100 ➞ Hayley Atwell // photoshoots
From a very young age, stories fuelled my imagination in the most wonderful way.
Hayley Atwell photographed by Justin Hollar
I like characters who have faults. I’m drawn to darker people.
