Anna Kendrick
Anna Kendrick
Anna Kendrick is an American actress and singer. She began her career as a child actor in theater productions. Her first prominent role was in the 1998 Broadway musical High Society, which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She made her film debut in the musical comedy Camp...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth9 August 1985
CityPortland, ME
CountryUnited States of America
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?'
My family has had to become quite understanding about me not returning phone calls when I'm filming.
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.
I think my iTunes is a kind of strange and embarrassing mix of show tunes and artists that I have no perception of whether or not they're huge or not, you know? I'm the kind of person who doesn't realize that The Arcade Fire is a big deal, but then I expect everybody to know Cocoon, and people tend to not know Cocoon.
I think there are rock stars within every subgenre, and for people who are obsessed with musical theater Sutton Foster and Audra MacDonald are like Beyonce to them. I'm sure the a cappella world has their own version of that, and that exists in every geeky subculture.
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 a guy was like, 'Let me serenade you,' and it was bad, and I had to lie about it - can't have it.
To not be self-conscious of your appearance is huge, and something that I desperately hope to carry into film at some point in my useless life - to not be thinking, 'My ear looks weird from this angle, why is the camera over there?'
Nobody pulls a prank like George Clooney.
We should be thanking Apple for launching the $10,000 'apple watch' as the new gold standard in douchebag detection.
My parents were really, really cool about supporting what I wanted to do at a really young age. I think I was about 10 when I caught the bug. They would drive me down to New York if there were auditions. When I was 12, I did this show on Broadway called 'High Society,' so we moved to New York for the run of that.
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'm so humble it's crazy. I'm like the Kanye West of humility.
'Rocket Science' is really where I fell in love with filmmaking, I think 'Camp' was incredible, but it was so bizarre, and I was trying to find my footing in this world where you don't have an audience for immediate validation.