Rebecca Hall Quotes

I wanted above all else not to be like my mum.

I'm not a big fan of doing what my mother wants me to do, like any daughter.

Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.

Many very strong fathers have turned out ineffectual sons by not allowing them to grow as men.

I did rebel. I was the rebel in my family, because my dad wanted me to go and just travel with him.

Unlike a lot of people, I don't need the affirmation or anything.

You have to let individuals make their own choices and respect that, even if it's your own child. And that's what was taken away from me. My father passed away thinking I still had to go back to his way of believing.

I've never really allowed anyone else to tell me whether I'm good or not.

There was a time my parents never listened to me. They wouldn't have forced me into marriage had they heard me out. But now, they support me.

I don't need validation from people at all.

I know my dad's proud that I've done it on my own, and I'm happy with that.

My father was in the coal and heating business, and he wanted me to take over his business, and I resented every moment of it. So I would never force my kids to do what I do.

Especially in front of my dad, I don't like being weak. I don't like crying in front of my dad because I don't want to make him cry.

My first vehicle I had to buy it myself and work to get it. My dad was really hard on me.

Sometimes it is worth any amount of suffering just to prevent giving your parents the opportunity to be right.

Your folks are god, you love them and you want to make them happy but you still want to make up your own rules.

My happiness isn't connected to my husband's or my boss's or my children's behavior. You have control over your own actions, your own well-being.

Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind!

I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, And you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful. If not, it can't be helped.

It was a constant source of amazement to Alexia that the only thing she had ever done in her entire life that pleased her mama was marry a werewolf.

There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.

I love being lost! I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone. I think I have some very meaningful relationships with people, we all do. At the same time, I recognize that everyone is following their own heart; there's been people who have left my life and I don't have a problem with that.

I look at Willow and she's so naughty and fiery, and I'm not going to take any of her fierceness personally - my mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did, she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me. And that's something I want to post on every mirror in my house: This is not about you!

I'd love to have a great relationship with my father. And unfortunately... I don't.

That's what you do when you have a really strict family and you rebel - you just go do whatever you can that would make their skin crawl. I wanted all the sexiest stuff I could find, and that was a very empowering moment for me, to use my money that I earned and buy things that no one else might see me wear - but I was going to wear them and feel powerful.