Quotes from Haley Bennett

I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.

You'll see me on 'Top Chef' someday. My Midwestern hospitality needs an outlet, you know?

My dad was a single father, and he was a hunter.

I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.

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.

I have a tendency to lean towards a more retro look.

My siblings were pretty far apart in age, so I sort of grew up as an only child.

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.

My mom was an artist, and she had this amazing ability to transform everything into something beautiful.

Before 'Music and Lyrics,' I was just doing high school plays and singing in my church choir and my school choir.

My dad would take me deer hunting with him, which was pretty traumatic - 'Bambi' was one of my favorite movies.

Pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself. And take time to rest. I guess if you don't rest and rejuvenate, then you harden, and I don't want to harden.

I think it's important to surrender to situations that take you out of your comfort zone.

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.

I never imagined what it would be like to spend a 12-hour day crying and covered in blood.

I love to dress up and create a narrative with my look.

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.

Doing 'Magnificent Seven' was a no-brainer.

I was obsessed with clowns. My dad had to get rid of them. I thought there were clowns under my bed for years.

I think it's very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent storyline.

All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.

I prefer clean silhouettes that are almost utilitarian, but I'm not afraid to take risks on the red carpet, either.

I struggled for many, many years following 'Music and Lyrics' - I mean really struggled.

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.'