I feel like you can't get an audience to like your character if she's actually cool, but you can if she's trying to be cool and sometimes fails. Anna Kendrick More Quotes by Anna Kendrick More Quotes From Anna Kendrick An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition. Anna Kendrick actorshumilityambition This isnt the time to make hard and fast decisions, this is a time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere. Fall in love, a lot. Major in philosophy, because theres no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind and change it again, because nothings permanent. Anna Kendrick falling-in-lovemistakephilosophy It's cute how I used to think this 'barely holding it together' feeling was temporary. Anna Kendrick feelingscutethinking Sometimes the best part of my day is imagining what I'm gonna eat when I get off work. Anna Kendrick sometimes Sometimes I think, I need to think before I speak. And then other times I think, I shouldn't leave the house or interact with people ever. Anna Kendrick housepeoplethinking I feel like if it's not scaring you, you're doing it wrong. Anna Kendrick ifsfeels My mom was always a fan of just really elegant, sophisticated pieces. I mean we grew up in Maine, so we didn't have a lot of call for black tie or anything, but I think I definitely got that sensibility from her. Anna Kendrick mommeanthinking I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days. Anna Kendrick menbelievethinking One of the surprises of being a grown-up is embracing the fact that you see your friends when you are both available. It's not like you hang out all the time.... It's just the reality. Anna Kendrick surpriselike-youreality My goal all along has just been to work and support myself. I've been really lucky to walk away from the 'Twilight' series unscathed. Somebody asked me recently what it's like to be a star. I thought that was the strangest question. If you saw my day-to-day life, the word 'star' just doesn't apply. Anna Kendrick starsgoaltwilight I want to do # stage again, because there just aren't words for how great it is. People say that all the time, "There's nothing like live theater, blah blah," but it's really true. I see a show and I know how they feel, and it feels great. Anna Kendrick theaterwantpeople Every time I talk to a fancy journalist and they ask what I do in my free time my scumbag brain goes 'say masturbate, it'll be hilarious'. Anna Kendrick scumbagsfancybrain I feel love for people that I have loved, and I think that's so beautiful, and I think that's such an important lesson for children that people can have disagreements but it doesn't mean one is bad and one is good. Anna Kendrick beautifulmeanchildren You listen to your favorite song just until you're almost getting sick of it, and then it's so fun to rediscover it after a couple of months. Anna Kendrick couplesongfun I feel like I'm still learning a lot. I think there's a tendency for people who are just doing their first couple of films that I see now where they seem to be really resentful of the technical limitations that come along with filmmaking. Anna Kendrick moviecouplethinking You can't tell an audience to like a character. And I think the best way to get the audience on someone's side is to embarrass them. Anna Kendrick characterwaythinking Humility was an important part of the way I grew up. And I found that to be less common when I moved to California. That's not to say humble people don't exist there, but ambition seems really important. Anna Kendrick humilityambitionhumble I’ve never felt like I’ve exactly traded on my looks. When I was a teenager, I was an ultra-late bloomer, and my mom would say it was a blessing, because it means you never have to wonder if guys are only interested in you because you’ve got boobs. I would have been thrilled if guys were interested in me because of my boobs! Similarly, I think I’m lucky that I’ve never had a crisis about whether the only reason I’m successful is because I’m crazy hot. It’s not something that crosses my mind. Anna Kendrick teenagercrazymom If I die unexpectedly can everyone just do the right thing and pretend I was a way better person than I am? Anna Kendrick better-personpersonsway I shouldn't leave the house or interact with people ever. Anna Kendrick housepeople
