Anna Paquin Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I work out like a maniac and I spray tan a lot. Genetics were kind, but I work very hard.”
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“I'm just living my life. I'm incredibly disciplined and I work incredibly hard. I show up for things on time, I do my homework, and I work my ass off. I've had a lot of luck, but I work really, really hard.”
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“We do ritualistic animal sacrifice. We host orgies on our trampoline, every other Sunday. You didn't get our Twitter feed on that? I'm really sorry! And then, every once in awhile, we run through the city and drain people and drink their blood. It's really very romantic.”
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“There are very few films or plays or anything about really happy people with perfect lives.”
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“Well, the years from 10 to 20, when your body, mind and everything is like changing every five minutes, can be pretty torturing. And most of the interesting characters, I think, are somewhat tortured or torturous. I'm 20 now, so I'm only just an adult.”
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“I don't know when acting came to be more about awards than about the work. Judging who's better than the other person shouldn't be part of why we're doing this job. It should be about entertaining people.”
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“I don’t know what it is that I’m doing, but I’m really enjoying myself. And I’m free to do it as much as I want.”
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“Just because I do what I do doesn't mean I escaped adolescence, all the bumps and bruises that go along with it.”
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“I think, generally, most people can't maintain anything that's particularly strict for very long. I watch people trying and failing to do that a lot.”
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“I get paid to do the thing I love most, and maybe that makes blending into the crowd impossible sometimes, but I wouldnt trade it for the world.”
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“I like shows or films or books that have messages but don't beat people over the head with them.”
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“I'd really like to get to do some fighting, some martial arts training, because I think that would be really fun I do gymnastics and ballet, and I'm very, very into the physically acrobatic end of sport.”
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“I was never overexposed and work never became a chore. I was a very good girl wanting to do a good job.”
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“I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can try out being a different person without having to screw up your life to do it.”
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“Everything about being a teenager and not feeling like you fit in is just magnified by being a mutant!”
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“There are very few films or plays or anything about really happy people with perfect lives. Everyone is usually screwed up in some way and that is usually where the work comes in - figuring out how to make it believable and make it real to present someone...”
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“None of the characters I`ve played are really like me. That would be boring. It wouldn`t be acting.”
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“One hate crime is committed approximately every hour of every day in this country.”
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“I'm so organised. I never screw up. I've done it maybe twice before. I check my calendar seven times a day.”
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“People are incredibly literal sometimes in how they view you. You have dark hair and pale skin? You must be brooding. The second you dye your hair blond and get a spray tan, people treat you as if you're a bit stupider and happier.”
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“I'm drawn to doing interesting stuff at work. And some of the time with the supernatural, you get to do really crazy, fun things. But I'm not a big genre-fantasy gal, particularly.”
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“Maybe I'm misjudging people, but I feel like a lot of people still have an image of me in a bonnet at nine years old.”
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“My sexuality is something I'm completely comfortable with and open about. There's a lot of prejudice toward us but the more people talk about it, the less of a big deal it will be. And that will be better for everyone.”
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“I've never really been one of those girls who's scared of showing a bit of flesh.”
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“I like hiding somewhere, like, say on a bus street in a doorway, and taking pictures without people knowing - which sounds really creepy....You get some of the most interesting pictures because people are walking past not realising you're there.”
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“Maybe it should be weird, simulating sex with your husband in front of people? But it's really not. When it's a love scene with someone you actually love, there's no feeling like, 'Can I touch him here? Can I touch him there?' You know what your boundaries are - or what they aren't, I suppose.”
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“It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind.”
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