Anna Kendrick

thumb|Kendrick at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con Anna Cooke Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress and singer. Quotes No matter what press you're doing, it's kind of a narcissistic exercise. And you start to hate the sound of your own voice and want to talk about anything besides yourself, and that's when you're talking about a movie. It's amazing how quickly the topic of me gets boring. I definitely feel like I get personal a lot more quickly, I suppose because if I were promoting a movie and somebody asked me about my first boyfriend, I would be like, 'None of your [bleeping] business.' But now it's like, I guess we're going there. And that's on me. "Interview: Anna Kendrick on getting the crazy out in 'Scrappy Little Nobody'". Chicago Tribune. (November 9, 2016). I can't now say what it was that originally drew me to performing, because it's very possible that at 6 it was just that I wanted people to be looking at me and paying attention to me. Then it sort of transformed into something that was really meaningful for me. ... It became the way that I learn about myself and the way that I learn about other people. "Anna Kendrick Says Acting Is 'The Way That I Learn About Other People'". NPR. (November 14, 2016). External links Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Maine Category:Women singers from the United States Category:Pop singers Category:Autobiographers from the United States Category:Memoirists from the United States Category:Women authors from the United States Category:Theatre World Award winners