Quotes from 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.

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.

I get paid to do the thing I love most, and maybe that makes blending into the crowd impossible sometimes, but I wouldnt trade it for the world.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.