Anna Paquin Quotes

Everything about being a teenager and not feeling like you fit in is just magnified by being a mutant!

I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn.

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.

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.

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.

I have a really, really, really normal family. And by normal I mean we're all nuts on some level. I think you've gotta be a little nuts to pursue any kind of creative job. I was also a really good kid. I know that sounds really dull, but I didn't rebel in the traditional sense.

If I don't do laundry today, I'm gonna have to buy new clothes tomorrow.

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.

Frankly, no one had ever asked me before. My sexuality is something I'm completely comfortable with and open about.

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's problems that you don't necessarily actually know anything about.

While I have always, felt like an outsider, it's because of the professional choices I have made, so it's not like I am planning to throw myself a giant pity party.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I still don't really think about acting that much. I just do it.

I work out like a maniac and I spray tan a lot. Genetics were kind, but I work very hard.

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

I was honestly never a huge school person.

I was never overexposed and work never became a chore. I was a very good girl wanting to do a good job.

I've never really been one of those girls who's scared of showing a bit of flesh.

One hate crime is committed approximately every hour of every day in this country.

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.

Sookie is about as radically different from me and a lot of the work I've previously done as you could possibly come up with.

It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind.

Just because I do what I do doesn't mean I escaped adolescence, all the bumps and bruises that go along with it.

The only thing I can definitely say is that you cease to be self-conscious after you've had to kiss somebody on-camera with 30 people watching.

I like a challenge.

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.

I'm so organised. I never screw up. I've done it maybe twice before. I check my calendar seven times a day.