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41 Notable Quotes By Anna Paquin

Famous As: Canadian-born New Zealand Actress and the Second Youngest Winner in Oscar History
Born On: July 24, 1982
Born In: Winnipeg, Canada
Founder / Co Founder: Paquin Films
Age: 40 Years

Anna Paquin is an American actress, born in Canada and raised in New Zealand.  She is the second-youngest winner of ‘Academy Award,’ which she won for playing ‘Flora McGrath’ in ‘The Piano’ (1993). Since then, she has starred in numerous successful films such as ‘Fly Away Home’ (1996), ‘A Walk on the Moon’ (1999), ‘Almost Famous’ (2000),), ‘The Good Dinosaur’ (2015), and ‘Tell It to the Bees’ (2018). She is also known for playing ‘Rogue’ in ‘X-Men’ in 2000. She played ‘Sookie Stackhouse’ in fantasy drama ‘True Blood’ (2008-14) for which she won ‘Golden Globe’ and ‘SAG’ awards.  She is also a philanthropist and an advocate for ‘LGBT’ rights. She also supports various charity organizations. We have curated a few of Anna Paquin's quotes on acting, freedom, life, LGBT, focus, films, and more.

I've never really been one of those girls who's scared of showing a bit of flesh.

I've never really been one of those girls who's scared of showing a bit of flesh.

Anna Paquin
Maybe I'm misjudging people, but I feel like a lot of people still have an image of me in a bonnet at nine years old.

Maybe I'm misjudging people, but I feel like a lot of people still have an image of me in a bonnet at nine years old.

Anna Paquin
We all had to learn Southern accents. It wasn't a big research show. With the 'Wounded Knee' project, I locked myself in my apartment with history books so I would know what we're talking about.

We all had to learn Southern accents. It wasn't a big research show. With the 'Wounded Knee' project, I locked myself in my apartment with history books so I would know what we're talking about.

Anna Paquin
Sookie is always in distress, it wouldn't be 'True Blood' if someone wasn't trying to kill her.

Sookie is always in distress, it wouldn't be 'True Blood' if someone wasn't trying to kill her.

Anna Paquin
You gain and lose different things in different mediums or different sectors of different mediums. There are liberties you get on tiny indie films in terms of not having to be designed toward a marketing demographic.

You gain and lose different things in different mediums or different sectors of different mediums. There are liberties you get on tiny indie films in terms of not having to be designed toward a marketing demographic.

Anna Paquin
When it's a love scene with someone you actually love, there's no feeling like, 'Can I touch him here? Can I touch him there?' You know what your boundaries are - or what they aren't, I suppose.

When it's a love scene with someone you actually love, there's no feeling like, 'Can I touch him here? Can I touch him there?' You know what your boundaries are - or what they aren't, I suppose.

Anna Paquin
Frankly, no one had ever asked me before. My sexuality is something I'm completely comfortable with and open about.

Frankly, no one had ever asked me before. My sexuality is something I'm completely comfortable with and open about.

Anna Paquin
While I have always, felt like an outsider, it's because of the professional choices I have made, so it's not like I am planning to throw myself a giant pity party.

While I have always, felt like an outsider, it's because of the professional choices I have made, so it's not like I am planning to throw myself a giant pity party.

Anna Paquin
None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. That wouldn't be acting.

None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. That wouldn't be acting.

Anna Paquin
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.

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

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

Anna Paquin
Like most people my age, my job is the main focus of my life. I don't have some kind of jet-setting fabulous lifestyle where I'm constantly in situations to acquire amazing anecdotes, that's it.

Like most people my age, my job is the main focus of my life. I don't have some kind of jet-setting fabulous lifestyle where I'm constantly in situations to acquire amazing anecdotes, that's it.

Anna Paquin
There are very few films or plays or anything about really happy people with perfect lives.

There are very few films or plays or anything about really happy people with perfect lives.

Anna Paquin
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.

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
I like a challenge.

I like a challenge.

Anna Paquin
I was never overexposed and work never became a chore. I was a very good girl wanting to do a good job.

I was never overexposed and work never became a chore. I was a very good girl wanting to do a good job.

Anna Paquin
You find happiness where you find it.

You find happiness where you find it.

Anna Paquin
I'm drawn to doing interesting stuff at work. And some of the time with the supernatural, you get to do really crazy, fun things. But I'm not a big genre-fantasy gal, particularly.

I'm drawn to doing interesting stuff at work. And some of the time with the supernatural, you get to do really crazy, fun things. But I'm not a big genre-fantasy gal, particularly.

Anna Paquin
Just because I do what I do doesn't mean I escaped adolescence, all the bumps and bruises that go along with it.

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

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

Anna Paquin
I was honestly never a huge school person.

I was honestly never a huge school person.

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

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

Anna Paquin
It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind.

It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind.

Anna Paquin
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.

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
Sookie is about as radically different from me and a lot of the work I've previously done as you could possibly come up with.

Sookie is about as radically different from me and a lot of the work I've previously done as you could possibly come up with.

Anna Paquin
There's nothing more exciting as an actor than getting to do something that you're not entirely sure that anyone would let you do, and getting to take a big jump in a completely different direction.

There's nothing more exciting as an actor than getting to do something that you're not entirely sure that anyone would let you do, and getting to take a big jump in a completely different direction.

Anna Paquin
I get paid to do the thing I love most, and maybe that makes blending into the crowd impossible sometimes, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I get paid to do the thing I love most, and maybe that makes blending into the crowd impossible sometimes, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Anna Paquin
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.

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

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

Anna Paquin
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.

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

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

Anna Paquin
I'm so organised. I never screw up. I've done it maybe twice before. I check my calendar seven times a day.

I'm so organised. I never screw up. I've done it maybe twice before. I check my calendar seven times a day.

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

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

Anna Paquin
I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn.

I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn.

Anna Paquin
If I don't do laundry today, I'm gonna have to buy new clothes tomorrow.

If I don't do laundry today, I'm gonna have to buy new clothes tomorrow.

Anna Paquin

Well, the years from 10 to 20, when your body, mind and everything is like changing every five minutes, can be pretty torturing. And most of the interesting characters, I think, are somewhat tortured or torturous. I'm 20 now, so I'm only just an adult.

Anna Paquin

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's problems that you don't necessarily actually know anything about.

Anna Paquin

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

I think that in itself is kind of an amazing achievement to be able to say that your full-time career is in any creative arts, let alone a show that has kept people interested for coming on four seasons and hopefully more.

Anna Paquin

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

My sexuality is something I'm completely comfortable with and open about. There's a lot of prejudice toward us but the more people talk about it, the less of a big deal it will be. And that will be better for everyone.

Anna Paquin