Anna Kendrick Quotes

An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition.

You listen to your favorite song just until you're almost getting sick of it, and then it's so fun to rediscover it after a couple of months.

It's cute how I used to think this 'barely holding it together' feeling was temporary.

I'm the person who wouldn't send back my food even if I got steak when I'd ordered fish.

Sometimes the best part of my day is imagining what I'm gonna eat when I get off work.

I feel like if it's not scaring you, you're doing it wrong.

Sometimes I think, I need to think before I speak. And then other times I think, I shouldn't leave the house or interact with people ever.

I rarely get recognised. It's always a shock when someone notices me. I always think they must be confusing me with someone else.

I stole comic books from my brother when I was a kid, but I was never like an avid fan. I can't claim to be like a comic book geek.

When you first saw 'The Truman Show,' did anyone else walk around for the next week not picking your nose just in case?

I don't usually drink caffeine so that when I need it, it actually does something.

I can't cook to save my life but I can bake a flour-less chocolate-hazelnut tort with a spicy caramel sauce.

You can't tell an audience to like a character. And I think the best way to get the audience on someone's side is to embarrass them.

I shouldn't leave the house or interact with people ever.

I remember hearing once that good girls don't get caught. I think that's sort of a lot of what my teen years were like.

I was at awards shows and felt really lost so it was good to play someone who was really lost.

I like my men like I like my coffee. Silent.

I started auditioning when I was about 10 and I didn't get my first job until I was 12, and two years at that age is really hard.

If I die unexpectedly can everyone just do the right thing and pretend I was a way better person than I am?

I feel like people want there to be this mystery between film and theater, but I just kind of went where I got jobs, you know?

If you tell a guy you don't like being tickled and he tickles you anyway, that's a red flag.

If I see a chapstick that I've never tried, I have to buy it. And then once that door's been opened, I have to check the whole store to see if there are more chapsticks that I don't have.

I had a confusing relationship with my Barbies, but I love trolls. I tortured my Barbies.

We should be thanking Apple for launching the $10,000 'apple watch' as the new gold standard in douchebag detection.

I'm a big fan of '30 Rock,' which I think is the most genius show on television.

I get really excited every time there's a female character who is really strong because a lot of females in film are really soft.

There have definitely been more than a few moments in my life where I'm wondering where the next paycheck will come from and how I'm gonna pay rent.

With any other movie, you're entering new territory, so it's quite different to be involved in something where it's the same characters, and the same people.

I happen to be a huge 'Lord of the Rings' fan. I do an annual marathon of the extended editions.

I'm so humble it's crazy. I'm like the Kanye West of humility.

Nobody pulls a prank like George Clooney.

I think a good script is a rare thing, and I think no matter who you are you have to fight for the good ones.

I like to think of myself less like 'an adult' and more like a 'former fetus.'

My family has had to become quite understanding about me not returning phone calls when I'm filming.

My parents got married late and they had kids late, so I never felt a social or cultural thing to be married or pregnant or a homeowner by a certain age.

I feel like you can't get an audience to like your character if she's actually cool, but you can if she's trying to be cool and sometimes fails.

If a guy was like, 'Let me serenade you,' and it was bad, and I had to lie about it - can't have it.

I like sets that feel small. Sets that feel really big are difficult. When you're on a big set it feels like there's constant mis-communication.

R.Pattz fever is a lot louder than George Clooney fever. The younger girls are a little louder.

I fall in love with characters when they're out of their element or are uncomfortable and you really feel for them in a knee-jerk sympathetic way.

I graduated from high school early so I could move to New York to do 'A Little Night Music' out of the New York City Opera.

Can we drop the pretense of Presidents Day and just call it I needed a long weekend because Valentines Day is garbage

For people whose job it is to make sure we make money, there's a lot of pressure.

The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George.

I'm a pretty big dork. It's crazy. I'm one of those people who grew up with all kinds of musicals, but I was right at that age where 'Rent' was a big deal for me and for my friends.

Similarly, I think I'm lucky that I've never had a crisis about whether the only reason I'm successful is because I'm crazy hot. It's not something that crosses my mind.

I feel like I've got it together when things are going well with my family.

It's a lot easier to act when the writing is good. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to figure out 'Well, why did I say this next?'

The music industry seems scary to me. I mean the film industry is crazy enough so the music industry to me seems like the wild, wild West. Like I would just never dare.

One of the surprises of being a grown-up is embracing the fact that you see your friends when you are both available. It's not like you hang out all the time.... It's just the reality.