Taking a year off and going to school was the best thing I could have done after 'The Princess Diaries.' It taught me that I don't need Hollywood or a job to make me happy. Anne Hathaway More Quotes by Anne Hathaway More Quotes From Anne Hathaway You cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours. Anne Hathaway decision-making live-your-life choices I live my life with love. I live my life with compassion. I live my life hoping the best for absolutely everyone, no matter how they feel about me. And when you live that way, it's amazing how beautiful every day can be. Anne Hathaway compassion matter beautiful Whatever you are made of, be the best of that. Anne Hathaway being-the-best made A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, 'for a man you're kind of ignorant'. Anne Hathaway women humorous funny There are people who've said that I'm being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption... With all due respect, I humbly dissent. I am not being brave, I'm a decent human being... Love is a human experience, not a political statement Anne Hathaway gay love-is people But you have to remember in life that there's a positive to every negative and a negative to every positive. Anne Hathaway being-positive remember negative A bad love experience is no reason to fear a new love experience. Anne Hathaway bad-love heartbreak reason I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl. Anne Hathaway women girl believe I've always believed in people's capacity for goodness. I still believe that people are good. What I'm not so trusting about anymore is their relationship to their own goodness. Anne Hathaway goodness believe people I don't take anything for granted. I've been given extraordinary opportunities, I've also fought for extraordinary opportunities. So I don't believe you're ever just there in this golden moment. You probably always have to remind people that you're there, that you have something to offer, maybe something beyond what they could imagine for you. Anne Hathaway opportunity believe people Your face needs to have character if you're an actor - otherwise you're just a face. Anne Hathaway actors character needs Oftentimes, what you wind up learning is very different than what you expect. Anne Hathaway different wind Life for me these days is a lot about letting the unknown be wonderful. Anne Hathaway these-days creativity wonderful When do I feel my best? When I haven't looked in a mirror for days, and I'm doing things that make me happy. Anne Hathaway make-me-happy mirrors feels If young kids choose to have me as a role model...what I put out there is that it's not a perfect life and it's okay to make mistakes. Anne Hathaway role-models mistake kids My feeling about growing up in New Jersey was, 'How come I'm not in New York?' That being said, I'm older and I have a better worldview now, and so I think I grew up in an incredibly privileged position. The town I grew up in is beautiful. I got a great education, and I'm very grateful for it. Anne Hathaway growing-up new-york beautiful We assume that we've come so far as compassionate citizens of the world if we do choose to read the news, yet the attitude towards life can be one where we put blinders on and forget that there are civil wars going on. It's easy to forget that there are so many people starving to death every single day. Anne Hathaway attitude war people I think the thing that I have learned is that a bad love experience is no reason to fear a new love experience, but you have to be very honest at every single stage with the person about how you've been hurt, and hopefully they will be supportive about whatever it is that you have to go through. Everybody has bad relationships and, at the end of the day, they are just a great way to set yourself up for a good relationship. Anne Hathaway bad-relationship heartbreak hurt Love is a human experience, not a political statement. Anne Hathaway gay political love-is If you’re not someone who has a natural and effortless love for yourself, it’s hard to let go of your desire to please other people, and that’s really not an ingredient for a happy life. Anne Hathaway letting-go happy-life people
