Anna Kendrick

I hate when people think you're broken because your parents are divorced. And I really reject the idea of staying together for the kids. If they're growing up in a house that's not healthy, it's better to know that's not the model of what marriage should be. ”

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. ”

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

I feel like I'm still learning a lot. I think there's a tendency for people who are just doing their first couple of films that I see now where they seem to be really resentful of the technical limitations that come along with filmmaking. ”

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? ”

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. ”

Humility was an important part of the way I grew up. And I found that to be less common when I moved to California. That's not to say humble people don't exist there, but ambition seems really important. ”

An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition. ”

I've never felt like I've exactly traded on my looks. When I was a teenager, I was an ultra late bloomer, and my mom would say it was a blessing because it means you never have to wonder if guys are only interested in you because you've got boobs. ”

Okay, I am happy with the way I look, but I have never, never, ever thought of myself as a 'pretty girl.' Honestly. When I read some of these scripts I'm sent, and they describe the heroine as 'incredibly beautiful,' I wonder why they sent it to me. ”