Quotes about Abigail

SIGNS

M. Night Shyamalan(signs director)
"I'm so happy I was able to find the perfect Bo. Abigail is just so professional and she is the most adorable child ever brought on the planet. She was a pleasure to work with."

Mel Gibson(signs co-star)
"Kids are always great to work with, because they are pure and they come to it clean. And Abigail is just a terrific young actor. Doing scenes with her, it's just great. She gives so much. You can only give it back."

Joaquin Phoenix(signs co-star)
"The two kids are the greatest kids in the world. We had lots of fun and Abigail and I had endless bouts of thumb war, which she won all of the time. I tell myself she's double jointed and she has an advantage. I admit it, yeah, I lost thumb wars. Abigail, she has some mean thumbs!"

"God, they were better than I ever was. I was very impressed with how professional they were. Their level of concentration was amazing. But then, it was also fun just hanging out playing basketball."

RAISING HELEN

Kate Hudson(raising helen co-star)
"And the little girl, Abigail, is such alittle wonder. Whenever we had to shoot the scene in the bathroom, where her character can't tie her shoes, I felt like just scooping her up and giving her the biggest hug. I just love her!"

"Abigail was like ridiculously adorable and she was so good. She cried on the drop of a hat. She just was so focused and when she had to do it, she worked really hard at it."

"the kids TP'd my trailer, It was hysterical. I've never been TP'd that bad either. It was great. We had so much fun. I'm sure I did retaliate, but I don't remember now what I did."

"They were so professional and yet, still kids. Abigail [Breslin, who played Bo in Signs] was so adorable and so good. She cried at the drop of a hat. She was so focused. When she had to do what she had to do, she really worked hard at it."

Spencer(raising helen co-star)
"Working with my sister was actually fun. We would goof off between takes. The annoying thing was that I'd have to put up with her all night and I'd wake up and think 'Oh yay I get to go on set!' and forget that she's coming too!!"

"my little sister actually gets to play sister with me, so that’s very cool. I love being able to work with my family, so it’s really great to get a chance to do that."


CHESTNUT HERO OF CENTRAL PARK

Makenzie Vega(chestnut co-star)
"It was alot of fun working with Abigail! She is really nice and we got along really well on set. She's great!"

THE FAMILY PLAN

Tori Spelling(chestnut co-star)
"OMG little Abby was the cutest thing ever! I wish she really were my daughter!"

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris(LMS directors)
"Abbie was the only person that we found that we felt was right. She was six years old when we first auditioned her, and we thought that she was almost too young, but she was great. She was in "Signs" when she was four. Her gift is that she's still a child. She's not like a mini-adult; she's a child who's smart. That's so important for that role. It's everything for that role, and we were just so happy. When we said, "You've got the job," we said, "Thank you. We are so happy. Let's find Olive," because you could have the biggest cast lined up, but if Olive wasn't right, you'd have nothing."

Toni Collette(LMS co-star)
"Abigail Breslin and Paul Dano are very talented, so it was natural. I don't think you can learn how to act. I think you just know how to do it. So with Abigail, for instance, who was eight years old when we made this film, she just has an innate ability."

Greg Kinnear(LMS co-star)
"She is amazing and a lovely girl. I had a new baby daughter a few weeks ago and I saw Abigail soon afterwards. She came up to me with gifts for both my children and said, 'This is for your daughter Audrey and this is for your daughter Lily'. She is thoughtful and she's remarkable and a great actress. I forget sometimes how young she was when she made this film. She was right there like Elizabeth Taylor, like a professional actress. And then all of a sudden you would see her in the corner eating candy and playing with a yo-yo and you would say, 'My goodness, she is only nine'. She is really talented."

Alan Arkin(LMS co-star)
"She was just a consummate pro," "I witnessed somebody who had twenty-five years of experience under her belt in that eight year old body," he fawns. "She needed almost no guidance that I could see. She didn’t want any advice from her mother and the director. It’s not like she was standoffish about it; she just didn’t need any. She came in knowing what the character needed and how to play it.”

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