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Anna Paquin Biography

Anna Helene Paquin (/ˈpækwɪn/; born 24 July 1982) is a Canadian-New Zealand actress. She was born in Manitoba and brought up in Wellington, New Zealand, before moving to Los Angeles during her youth. She completed a year at Columbia University before leaving to focus on her acting career. As a child, she played the role of Flora McGrath in Jane Campion's romantic drama film The Piano (1993), despite having had little acting experience. For her performance, she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11, making her the second-youngest Academy Award winner in Oscar history.

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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.

Like, Misjudging, Nine, People, Years

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

Anna, Bisexual, Giving, Paquin

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

Acting, Feelings, Fit, Mutant, Teenager

None of the characters I`ve played are really like me. That would be boring. It wouldn`t be acting.

Character, Acting, Would Be, Boring, Characters

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.

Crowd, Crowds, Paid, Thing, Things I Love, World

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

Films, Happy, Lives, People, Perfect, Play

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

Figuring, People, Perfect, Play, Plays, Real

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

People, Done, Stubborn, Trouble

I'm just living my life. I'm incredibly disciplined and I work incredibly hard. I show up for things on time, I do my homework, and I work my ass off. I've had a lot of luck, but I work really, really hard.

Ass, Homework, Life, Luck

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.

Big, Comfortable, People, Prejudice, Sexuality

You find happiness where you find it.

Finding Happiness, Happiness

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

Beat, Book, Head, Messages, People

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

Approximately, Country, Day, Hate, Hours

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.

Gotta, Job, Jobs, Kids, Kind, Mean

I don’t think a naked body is particularly shocking or interesting. . . . It’s not the culture I was raised in. I was not brought up in the United States. I don’t share the [attitude] that you can have graphic violence, but — God forbid — you see someone’s nipples.

Attitude, Forbid, Interesting, States, Think, Thinking

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.

Actors, Bigs, Different, Entirely, Exciting, Nothing

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

Flesh, Girl, Girls, Scared

I just like the idea of getting to be my own boss, in a sense. Getting to decide what I want to do. Though it's also really nice to have no responsibility whatsoever, outside of being an actor, and have everyone else be worried about all the details.

Boss, Idea, Nice, Responsibility, Whatsoever

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

Calendars, Check, Done, Screw, Screw Ups, Times

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.

Able, Admirable, Person, Quality, Thinking, Way

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