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

- Anna Paquin

Like, Fit, About, Magnified

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

Big, Show, Southern, Locked

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

Think, Through, Punches, Admirable

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

Think, I Think, Feels, Screw

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

Calendar, Maybe, Organised, Screw

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.

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Think, I Think, Very, Strict

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

- Anna Paquin

Wanting, Very, Became, Chore

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

Work, Could, About, Possibly

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

- Anna Paquin

Country, Committed, Hour, Approximately

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

- Anna Paquin

Tan, Very, Spray, Maniac

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

Indie, Films, Sectors, Different Things

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

- Anna Paquin

Never, Been, Flesh, Scared

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

Rebel, Some, I Think, Normal Family

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

Big, Deal, More People, Open

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

Always, Like, Made, Outsider

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

Some, About, Necessarily, Figuring

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

- Anna Paquin

Give, Damn, Bisexual, Anna

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

Big, More, Sure, Entirely

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

- Anna Paquin

Think, Still, About, Just Do 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

Focus, My Life, Some, Lifestyle

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

Long, Idea, Liked, Lifestyle

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

Career, Full-Time, I Think, Hopefully

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

- Anna Paquin

Very, Films, Plays, Happy People

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

- Anna Paquin

Head, Over, Films, Messages

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

Love, Crowd, Maybe, Blending

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

Doing, Other, Entertaining, Awards

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

- Anna Paquin

Behind, Other, Like, Leaving

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

- Anna Paquin

New, Laundry, Gonna, Clothes

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

Doing, Big, Some, Gal

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

Love, Here, Like, Suppose

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