Anna Paquin Quotes

If I'm bringing joy to people and entertaining people as an actor, then I should be grateful for that and act accordingly, you know?

I'm glad that I'm able to entertain and be a part of people watching shows and enjoying the work.

I am happy judging shows and making films. It is a good thing to do a film and then take up a show, considering it also keeps your popularity alive.

I won because I was the people's favorite dancer, and that's what I work with these Idols on. There have been 1,000 singers before you that are as good or better than you, but you're not trying to be the best singer ever. You're trying to be the people's favorite singer.

'All Stars' is a weird game. The rules are weird. However, I think 'All Stars' mirrors the real industry much more closely than normal seasons of 'Drag Race' do. In the real world of entertainment, it really is about the impressions you leave on your brothers and sisters in the room, and that's kind of what it is about.

Our mission is to inspire audiences to play, connect, and compete by making the most engaging entertainment in the world, and our talent evaluation process ensures that each new hire shares that commitment.

I think that there's a difference between being an entertainer and being an artist.

The truth is there's so many great TV shows out there now that none of us take absence of awards personally. The most important feedback is the feedback we get from the fans.

I was able to tour successfully and attract a fairly wide audience, but it was hard to assert myself as a stand-up because people were more familiar with me as a TV character.

You know, we're in this business to have fun and entertain.

I love what I do. I love the music, and I'm honored to be presented with a star by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

It's one of the reasons I want to do 'Dancing with the Stars': it's a platform to educate.

People paid money for tickets to see us and be entertained by us, and we've never forgotten that. Anything after that was a bonus.

Us fighters thrive on performing and entertaining a crowd.

I love to be in the entertainment space, and my aim is to create new content and entertain people, whether it's in movies or on TV.

My goal as a comedian is to sway people's opinion. It's not my only goal and it's not the only way I measure myself.

I don't admire actors so much, actually.

While acting is a passion, hosting is fun.

I felt like my job is to go out there and put on a good show, amazing fights and give an amazing effort and hope that people can recognize that sort of thing, and maybe they would want to find out more.

In the grand spectrum of things in WWE, you are wrestling for that camera and that camera and that camera - and all the cameras they have - and you have to make things work that way because, through that camera, there's a million people watching.

If people are coming to see me because they like what I do on 'Mock the Week,' that's great because they are coming to see me being me.

I have to do films for myself, films that make me learn. I also have to be an entertainer.

I am choosing films only to entertain people, but at the same time, if someone is putting their money into my films, I want that person to make money.

I think that people are taking our artistry a little more serious compared to when we started. They are of course fascinated and entertained by who we are as performers and what we do in terms of our artistry, but a lot of viewers identify with us as human beings. I think that that has helped change how people view drag.

I'm trying to do work that makes meaning and sense to me and the audience. But I have no qualms. I'm always willing to be a part of commercial cinema.