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

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

Anna Paquin

genetics work-out kind

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.

Anna Paquin

acting trying thinking

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

Anna Paquin

hours hate country

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.

Anna Paquin

fun sports art

I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life.

Anna Paquin

quality able thinking

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.

Anna Paquin

sunday sorry running

I think any time you take on touchy subjects, you're going to offend some people, or you're going to please others.

Anna Paquin

people thinking

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.

Anna Paquin

ass homework luck

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

Anna Paquin

stills acting thinking

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

knowing long ideas

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

Anna Paquin

messages book people

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.

Anna Paquin

crowds things-i-love world

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

long people thinking

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

bruises bumps mean

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

enjoy knows want

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

awards jobs people

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

Anna Paquin

stubborn done people

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.

Anna Paquin

jobs mean kids

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

Anna Paquin

teenager acting feelings

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