In another life, Regina Hall may have been editing this questionnaire instead of answering it. She pursued a master’s degree in journalism at N.Y.U. before shifting to acting, making her first appearance in a television commercial at 26, in 1997. Two years later, she became a rom-com staple with her role in The Best Man, followed by Love and Basketball, Think Like a Man, About Last Night, and many others. But it was her performance as Brenda Meeks in the campy horror franchise Scary Movie where her knack for comedy truly stood out (“Damn bitch, please die!”). Now the actress takes on the action-thriller genre in a new film by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro. To mark the release of One Battle After Another, Hall shares her key components to the good life. —Carolina de Armas
Airline: Private. I’d really love my own!
Airport: A private airport that matches my private airline.
Alibi: “I was on location, filming.”
App: One that could teleport me to different places and dimensions.
Bag: A big bag that can carry all my stuff that has small compartments so I can find everything.
Bedtime: It should be 10 P.M.—but it’s really 11 P.M.
Bike: The one Prince had in Purple Rain.
Boyfriend: Independent and emotionally stable.
