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
I definitely think it exercises an interesting muscle, auditioning for bad parts and trying to figure out how to make it real. I don't know what I'm talking about now.
I admit that I look at my social media when I'm killing time, like on a plane and such. It's just less embarrassing getting caught on Twitter than getting caught playing Candy Crush.
For every person that says, 'I love your work, and my daughter thinks you're great, and we watch all your movies,' and is very kind, there are 10 more that are like, 'Who are you? What's your name? Are you on 'House of Cards'?'
As an actress, you're perpetually about to be unemployed. That fear - when you have two parents who worked 9-to-5 jobs and went through periods of being unemployed - is real. Those were not welcome times in my childhood.
After doing 'Pitch Perfect,' I didn't expect to do other musicals, but then I was offered 'The Last Five Years' and 'Into the Woods,' which are two of the greatest pieces of theater that I can think of. So obviously I wasn't going to be like, 'Oh I'm trying to really stay away from musicals right now, so thanks, but I'll pass.'
When you grow up middle class, you just always feel like you've got to be working, or you won't be able to pay the bills.
When I was 12, I did this show on Broadway called 'High Society,' so we moved to New York for the run of that.
There's a difference between being an actress who can sing and being a Sally Song-and-Dance.
The music for 'The Last Five Years' is like running a 26-mile marathon, and singing Sondheim is like ballroom-dancing up Everest.
It's almost better that Twitter limits me to 140 characters. There's only so much trouble I can get in.
If I'm on set and there's no other option, I get on a treadmill, but that's my most hated thing.
If I took myself too seriously, I would be a mess every day because the world keeps my ego in check.
I've never really gone for the razzle-dazzle types: no quarterbacks, no flashy guys, and no Prince Charmings.
I've always had volume on my side: the big-voice-in-a-small-package thing. I surprise people.