Anna Paquin

“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.”

“When it's a love scene with someone you actually love, there's no feeling like, 'Can I touch him here? Can I touch him there?' You know what your boundaries are - or what they aren't, I suppose.”

“You find happiness where you find it.”

“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.”

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

“I like a challenge.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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 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.”

“I really liked the idea of focusing on one thing for, hopefully, a long time to come. I also like the idea of a consistent lifestyle, as opposed to not really knowing where on the planet you're going to be at any given moment.”

“While I have always, felt like an outsider, it's because of the professional choices I have made, so it's not like I am planning to throw myself a giant pity party.”

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

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

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

“I'm drawn to doing interesting stuff at work. And some of the time with the supernatural, you get to do really crazy, fun things. But I'm not a big genre-fantasy gal, particularly.”