Anna Kendrick Quotes
I think right after 'Up in the Air' everyone wanted me to play the girl from 'Up in the Air,' and it took a little while for people to think of me as an actress from a film that they liked instead of just that character.
Quotes to Explore
-
If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter.
-
I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
-
Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
-
If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
-
I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.
-
No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
-
The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
-
Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
-
I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
-
Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
-
What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
-
One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
-
Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!
-
Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.
-
My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.
-
I feel a big obligation to the audience, almost in a moral sense, to say something useful. If I'm going to spend a year of my life on these things, I want something that I feel that strongly about.
-
A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
-
As a culture, working-class white Americans like myself had no heroes. We loved the military but had no George S. Patton figure in the modern army. I doubt my neighbours could even name a high-ranking military officer.
-
I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.
-
I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.
-
Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on, each judged with each other, like your work is worse than others and that's not fair. How can you tell what's best and what's worst from these awards? We're talking about art.
-
I took the whole college prep trajectory, and then in my senior year of high school, I decided that performing was something that I had always done as a kid, and I loved it... I said, 'This makes people happy when I do this, I feel good, I get to pretend and explore other areas and learn so much'.
-
Most believers struggle to really believe in the supernatural as a meaningful, deterministic reality except during moments when they are drawn to it, perhaps during a worship service or while reading a novel like 'Adam.' Being drawn to this truth is the first step to living a life in accordance to this truth.
-
I think right after 'Up in the Air' everyone wanted me to play the girl from 'Up in the Air,' and it took a little while for people to think of me as an actress from a film that they liked instead of just that character.
