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Anna Paquin Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: canadian
Birth: July 24, 1982

Topics

Work Job People Better Doing Acting

Were it not for Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey would be remembered, if at all, as a Bible-thumping midwestern Methodist windbag who neither played baseball on Sundays when he was a mediocre catcher for the St. Louis Browns and the New York Highlanders, nor attended games on the Sabbath as a baseball executive.

John Gregory Dunne

Baseball New York New Games Sabbath

I can only guess that, for guys in their 30s and 40s who watched me play, they understood that the score never mattered and my paycheck never mattered (in relation) to how I played. I played with Little League enthusiasm and professional flair. That's what fans are really looking for.

Andy Van Slyke

Me Looking Enthusiasm I Can Play

I know a lot of law officers, and every single one of them faces a moment - usually after about three hours on the job - when they realise that there's no connection between law and justice. The law, as an institution, avoids justice, subverts it, just as often as it sees it done.

Jeff Lindsay

Justice Moment Job Law Connection

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.

St. Jerome

Heart Eyes Mirror Mind Face Secrets

Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining.

Sonny Liston

Sun Questions Look Dumb Ask Up

Bruce Sutter has been around for a while and he's pretty old. He's thirty-five years old, that will give you some idea of how old he is.

Ron Fairly

You Will Old Years Pretty Give

Risk it; go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.

Mary Quant

Life Risks Chance You Go Important

As an actor, all you want to do is to work and do good work.

Michelle Fairley

Work Good Good Work You Want Actor

A family member of mine was diagnosed with lymphoma, and the treatment they're getting wouldn't exist if it weren't for the work that Team in Training does. I want to support them.

Colin Egglesfield

Work Family Training Support Team

I feel like an email cross-dresser - I use a Microsoft product on my Apple product to access my Google product.

Brad Feld

Feel Apple Product Google Email

I wanted to get out of Ashland, and I thought it would be pretty cool to go to school in the East. So I asked my guidance counselor what Ivy League schools were. And I applied to Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth - that was it. My guidance counselor told me I wouldn't get into an Ivy League school. So as my act of resistance, that's all I applied to.

Winona LaDuke

School Me Cool Thought Go Out

We have more than enough deodorised, over-the-top, sentimental cinema. Let's try to bring a little human intelligence into things. It can be very rewarding.

Peter Greenaway

Intelligence Enough Cinema Try Human