Rebecca Hall Quotes

I so rarely turned down a role, that I can't say I have any regrets in that regard. There were many roles that I would rather not have done, but having a home and family requires that we sometimes do things we would rather not.

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

If you grew too fond of public life it might exact compromises even if finances were not involved.

The hardest thing in life is to know when to hold fast to one’s principles and when it is acceptable to bend them.

What good would politics be, if it didn’t give everyone the opportunity to make moral compromises?

Compromise today is too often applauded simply for itself. The cost of compromise to principles and real lives doesn't seem to matter.

Doing the right thing doesn't always bring success. But compromising ethics almost always leads to failure.

My moral standing is lying down.

It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

I want to live a good life and pay my taxes. 'The Killing' was a blessing. It was two wonderful years. But I had reached a point in my life, especially with a young son, that I was no longer willing to compromise my life for the sake of a paycheque. I was no longer willing to move where the tax credits are strong.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope.

I would never sacrifice my individual beliefs as a citizen to my corporate responsibilities.

You make a deal. You figure out how much sin you can live with.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really compromising what I believe.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

My mom always worked, and I certainly don't want to look back and think, 'Well, I don't have kids, but I'm glad I did that sitcom.'

You can’t set aside … values in the name of political expediency.

A little hypocrisy is better than losing.

When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.