I’m always looking at my brother and sisters, thinking – do we look inbred, maybe? Maybe a tiny bit. – Bryce Dallas Howard
If I was producing something, it wouldn’t make sense to me to cast somebody because of who their father is because that doesn’t put anyone in the seats in the theatre. I wouldn’t go to a movie because that person’s father is so and so. – Bryce Dallas Howard
There’s something really freeing about playing a character that isn’t even, like, remotely likeable whatsoever. – Bryce Dallas Howard
I think what’s exciting about playing a villain – particularly a villain who’s totally unapologetic about their evil intentions – is that it’s not anything remotely like what you get to do in real life. You’re never allowed to be evil and not feel bad about it afterwards, let alone be evil, period. – Bryce Dallas Howard
I’ve always had the perspective that roles come into my life when I need them most and sort of teach me lessons. The same can be true of films, films are released into society to aid in a lesson, inspire people, comfort people. – Bryce Dallas Howard
Actors create a fantastic lifestyle thinking they’re going to be able to maintain it. Then they can’t get work or have to start taking work that doesn’t suit them. – Bryce Dallas Howard
My mom always told me one of the reasons that she was really happy in her life was that, if Dad never worked again, she was confident that she could support the family. – Bryce Dallas Howard
Using the word ‘bossy’ for girls can be quite harmful. What is that saying – that being focused, being assertive, being the boss has a negative attribute? And I have heard that term associated more with women than with men. ‘He’s so bossy’ – you don’t hear that. It’s a very subtle thing. – Bryce Dallas Howard
My parents would never throw the kids in first class for the flights; they’d be up front, and we’d be economy – we knew we were lucky just to be travelling. – Bryce Dallas Howard
I don’t know how many roles I can ask my dad to play in my life, but so far, father, best friend, role model, mentor and grandfather to my children are working out quite well. – Bryce Dallas Howard
I’ve done a lot of weird, otherworldly characters, and I think I’m at my best when I’m kind of in the woods running around screaming or depressed. – Bryce Dallas Howard
As a teenager, I was perpetually grounded. I was stubborn rather than rebellious. – Bryce Dallas Howard
You have to see, kid by kid, what their needs are and what kind of parent you need to be for them. – Bryce Dallas Howard
I’ve always been, with acting, very hesitant to get myself into situations where I would be accused of nepotism. – Bryce Dallas Howard
I’ve always been a little bit cautious about what projects I step into. I don’t mean to be dramatic, but I feel that every single thing you do in life, you give a piece of your soul, and I want to be responsible with that. – Bryce Dallas Howard
I think the success of the ‘Twilight’ movies, not just the books, comes down to Stephenie Meyer. – Bryce Dallas Howard
What I do is not go outside. My hobby is that I write, so if I’m not acting or being a mom, I’m writing. – Bryce Dallas Howard
It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first thing I abandoned while writing were the characters. – Bryce Dallas Howard
Writing ‘when you find me,’ it really exposed me to a way of putting together a story I hadn’t thought of. – Bryce Dallas Howard
When I was coming of age, I remembered reading and studying the initial ideas within the feminist movement. There was this idea with my parents’ generation that in order to find equality, a woman would need to behave like a man. – Bryce Dallas Howard
Joss Whedon is a hero of mine, and what he’s done for women in film and television, particularly when it comes to writing female roles that would typically go to a man, is awesome. – Bryce Dallas Howard
While ‘The Help’ is in so many ways a celebration of these women’s friendships and what they overcome, it’s also very truthful and very painful, and it was intense for my mom to read that. – Bryce Dallas Howard
