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Hayley Atwell Biography

Hayley Elizabeth Atwell (born 5 April 1982) is a British American actress. She is known for her work in stage productions such as A View from the Bridge, and onscreen, for period pieces as the 2008 drama The Duchess, the 2010 historical drama miniseries The Pillars of the Earth and for her portrayal of Peggy Carter in various films and television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the lead role in the ABC action-adventure series Agent Carter.

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The things that prey on my mind in London seem to disappear as soon as I find myself in a different environment. Survival mode kicks in.

Different, Kicks, Mind, Survival, Survival Mode

I have family dotted everywhere - Dad's in California; I've got aunts in Scotland and Virginia; family in Kansas City; family in Manchester and London.

Aunt, Dad, Everywhere, Manchester, Virginia

I read a lot of heavy literature when I'm on set, so on holiday I want to indulge in something light-hearted.

Holiday, Indulge, Indulge In, Light, Literature

I can't imagine it if beauty was the only currency I used as an actress. It just doesn't interest me.

Actress, Actresses, Currency, Imagine, Interest

The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably.

Agreeably, Art, Communication, Politely, Talking

I think it's always easier to play parts that you have something concrete that you can relate to.

Concrete, Easier, Parts, Play, Thinking

Mum wasn't at all religious, but she thought that going to the theatre was as important a ceremonial, communal experience that a person could have.

Ceremonial, Important, Person, Religious, Theatre, Thought

I like characters who have faults. I'm drawn to darker people.

Character, Darker, Drawn, Faults, Like, People

The main reason I did 'Captain America' was because I wanted to get out of my own head and stop taking my work so seriously.

America, Captains, Reason, Taking, Work

If you're playing someone who has lived, there's the risk of imitation, or whether you focus on the essence of who that character was as opposed to physical mannerisms. So, you have to figure out what it is ultimately that this particular adaptation of the story, whether it's fiction or not, is trying to say.

Character, Focus, Playing, Risk, Say

Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in front of the camera and whispered, essentially.

Cameras, Done, Feelings, Front, Shoot, Theater

Although I grew up in London, I spent summers in Missouri, where my dad lived. It's quite a liberal town, Kansas City. You'd be surprised.

Although, Cities, Dad, Summer, Summers, Town

I'm not really into makeup, not really into fuffing with hair and stuff.

Fuffing, Hair, Makeup, Stuff

I think Brits probably feel that Americans are more like us than vice-versa, if that makes sense. Because we get everything American over here in Britain, but yet there are things which are staunchly English that you guys don't have.

Americans, Guy, Like, Probably, Thinking, Vices

My real self, the self I have always been from a child, is a loner and nerd, slightly overweight, with a very heavy fringe. That is who I was as a kid. I don't think I will ever be anything other than that.

Children, Heavy, Kids, Real, Self

I don't think I'm curvaceous. It's simply that most other actresses are really, stupidly tiny.

Actresses, Curvaceous, Simply, Thinking, Tiny

My first job was a Greek tragedy, and ever since, one job just seemed to roll onto the next. I've been terribly lucky.

Greek, Jobs, Lucky, Onto, Seemed, Tragedy

I went to drama school for three years, and the whole thing there is that hopefully you are introduced to a man called William Shakespeare who is the greatest of all time of all storytelling.

Drama, Greatest, Men, School, Whole, William

From a very young age, stories fuelled my imagination in the most wonderful way.

Imagination, Age, Stories, Fuelled, Wonderful

I've had that experience of not liking people very much, but having tremendous respect for them.

Experience, Having, Liking, People, Respect

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