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I would have played street cop number three if it meant getting to work with Chris Nolan.
Anne Hathaway -
Singing has always been something that I've loved to do, but I never thought about doing, professionally. I always felt more drawn to acting.
Anne Hathaway
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Everything that I have ever hoped to accomplish, she has done and done better than anyone I have ever seen.
Anne Hathaway -
My passion is interior decorating. My goal for the next years is to get into carpentry, because I really want to learn how to make my own furniture.
Anne Hathaway -
Thank you for this lovely blunt object that I will forevermore use as a weapon against self-doubt.
Anne Hathaway -
The best part about working is that you never know what you're going to learn when you start out.
Anne Hathaway -
Weddings are important because they celebrate life and possibility.
Anne Hathaway -
There's something very addictive about people pleasing. It's a thought pattern and a habit that feels really, really good until it becomes desperate.
Anne Hathaway
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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 -
In my opinion, what makes a great book is something that is universally specific.
Anne Hathaway -
It's definitely a thing to be sitting there, getting a pedicure, and you look over and someone is reading an article about an aspect of your life that you know is not true. It's weird, it's uncomfortable, but I don't see it changing anytime soon, so I should figure a way to laugh through it.
Anne Hathaway -
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 -
You can alter movie singing so much because you go into the recording studio and, just technology for recording has gotten so good, you can hold out a note and they can combine a note from take 2 and a note from take 8.
Anne Hathaway -
Here's how you get Hollywood in Positano: You need a nail salon and a yogurt place.
Anne Hathaway
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My first job was baby-sitting. I had a great time because I love kids. Sometimes, when I'm having a bad day, I'm like: "Oh, you know what? I'm going to chuck it in and become a kindergarten teacher!"
Anne Hathaway -
I found it liberating to sing on camera. On stage, you have to indicate having a thought, and the word you are singing must indicate it as well, but on camera, you can have ideas, you can take in all the stimuli that the character would be taking in, there's a freedom you get, and you don't have the obligation to transmit each idea to the back of the house. It felt so much closer to reality for me.
Anne Hathaway -
Scents as well as clothes and hairstyles can go a long way in revealing a part of yourself.
Anne Hathaway -
When I got my start, I kind of got my big break with The Princess Diaries and during the press rounds for that everyone asked me: "Did you always want to be a princess growing up?" And the truth was, no I wanted to be Catwoman. And I think a lot of women feel that way. And the fact that I am actually her is such a dream come true. It's such a pinch me moment. And the fact that I am Catwoman in Chris Nolan's Gotham to Christian Bale's Batman is unbelievably cool.
Anne Hathaway -
My mom Kate McCauley is an actress, so I guess she's the one that taught me it was a possibility. For as long as I can remember, I've always played make-believe ... It's something that I've always done, that I've always been comfortable doing.
Anne Hathaway -
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
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I think that people had this idea that I sat at home and sucked on lollipops and ate cotton candy while I watched cartoons - wearing a tiara.
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I love when clothes make cultural statements and I think personal style is really cool.
Anne Hathaway -
Because the world of this film begins and ends in the imagination of Tim Burton, you're not seeing a movie that's been shot on locations that you've seen a million times. Because this world has no rules, you're seeing so many different and separate brushstrokes and colors and characterizations somehow getting combined through Tim.
Anne Hathaway -
I'm pretty good at remaining calm during an emergency. My house burned down when I was 12, which made me really pragmatic about what needed to be done. But I can be bad in that I compartmentalize a lot of emotions and push them away to deal with them at a later date.
Anne Hathaway