Anna Paquin Quotes - Page 2

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• You find happiness where you find it.

  Anna Paquin

  Finding Happiness

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• Acting is pretending to be someone else.

  Anna Paquin

  Acting, Pretending, Pretending To Be Someone Else

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• I think that in itself is kind of an amazing achievement to be able to say that your full-time career is in any creative arts, let alone a show that has kept people interested for coming on four seasons and hopefully more.

  Anna Paquin

  Art, Thinking, Careers

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• None of the characters I`ve played are really like me. That would be boring. It wouldn`t be acting.

  Anna Paquin

  Character, Acting, Would Be

  "Child superstar Anna Paquin's vampish turn" by Akin Ojumu, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2000.

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• Stubborn people get themselves in a lot of trouble, but they also get things done.

  Anna Paquin

  People, Done, Stubborn

  "Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer Interview True Blood Season 4". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 01, 2011.

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• I just like the idea of getting to be my own boss, in a sense. Getting to decide what I want to do. Though it's also really nice to have no responsibility whatsoever, outside of being an actor, and have everyone else be worried about all the details.

  Anna Paquin

  Nice, Responsibility, Boss

  Source: film.avclub.com

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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.

  Anna Paquin

  Years, People, Nine

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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.

  Anna Paquin

  Real, Play, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like shows or films or books that have messages but don't beat people over the head with them.

  Anna Paquin

  Book, People, Messages

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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.

  Anna Paquin

  Thinking, Long, People

  "Anna Paquin is one 'tough cookie'". Interview With Amy Spencer, www.cnn.com. May 30, 2011.

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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.

  Anna Paquin

  Mean, Bumps, Bruises

  "X Appeal", www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2000.

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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.

  Anna Paquin

  Want, Enjoy, Knows

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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.

  Anna Paquin

  Jobs, Awards, People

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• There's nothing more exciting as an actor than getting to do something that you're not entirely sure that anyone would let you do, and getting to take a big jump in a completely different direction.

  Anna Paquin

  Different, Actors, Bigs

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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.

  Anna Paquin

  Leaving, Like You, Enjoy

  "Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer Get Married" by Sarah Michaud, people.com. August 22, 2010.

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• I was honestly never a huge school person.

  Anna Paquin

  School, Honestly, Persons

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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.

  Anna Paquin

  Character, Thinking, Years

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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.

  Anna Paquin

  Screw Ups, Calendars, Done

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• I really liked the idea of focusing on one thing for, hopefully, a long time to come. I also like the idea of a consistent lifestyle, as opposed to not really knowing where on the planet you're going to be at any given moment.

  Anna Paquin

  Ideas, Knowing, Long

  Interview with Michael Martin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 25, 2008.

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