Quotes by Anna Gunn - Page 1

For actors, you've gotta sometimes fill in your backstory.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Actors
Sometimes
Fill
Gotta
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In my experience, you get a job for a reason. Your work life happens for a reason.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Life Happens
Reason
Life Work Experience
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I'm not a gambler, let's just say that, nor have I ever been a dealer at a casino.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Dealer
Casino
Gambler
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I'm nervous before every day of work, almost. Even after six years of 'Breaking Bad.'
Anna Gunn / Actress
Breaking
Breaking Bad
Work Day Bad
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Going under the water and staying under the water for periods of time gives me claustrophobia.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Periods
Staying
Time Water Me
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It's important for women to continue to break through barriers in our industry, in politics, in Wall Street.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Barriers
Wall Street
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My mom and dad, you're my heart, thank you for keeping me going all these years and never letting me give up.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Dad
Mom
Giving Up
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My mom told me I could do anything I want, be anyone I want. I believed it. And so I want my daughters to as well.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Daughters
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As an actress, I realize that viewers are entitled to have whatever feelings they want about the characters they watch.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Entitled
Viewers
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I certainly had times when I thought this wasn't going to work out, but just being a working actor felt like a victory.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Working Actor
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I really did like 'The Wolf of Wall Street.' But not seeing women represented in that world, it definitely had less resonance for me.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Resonance
Seeing
Wall
Women World Me
Did
Less
Definitely
Street
Wall Street
Wolf
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There's nothing wrong with women saying that we can be ambitious and that we can want the same things that men have traditionally wanted.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Women Men Nothing
Same Things
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I enjoy taking on complex, difficult characters and have always striven to capture the truth of those people, whether or not it's popular.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Capture
Truth Always People
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When I was 15 and had the light bulb moment I wanted to be an actor, it was my sole focus and goal, and I went after it with determination.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Determination
Light Bulb
Sole
Bulb
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We don't have to push each other out of the way, because the universe will push us out of the way, or push us towards our goals when it's time.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Goal
Universe
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It's changed the landscape of my career without a doubt. 'Deadwood' started to do that, but then 'Breaking Bad' really shifted everything for me.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Landscape
Breaking
Breaking Bad
Deadwood
Shifted
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As kids do, they're smart, and even if parents try to keep things away from them, conflict and issues and whatnot, kids pick up on what's happening.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Kids
Conflict
Issues
Smart
Happening
Whatnot
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When I got my role on 'Seinfeld,' the show was already huge. I was so nervous on my first day. I remember meeting everyone and holding my script and just shaking.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Shaking
Holding
Seinfeld
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If you have to go back through your day in your head, try to go back to only the good things. Look at those, and what you did well. Otherwise, life kind of passes you by.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Good Things
Kind
Trying
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If you're doing the same work, you should get the same amount of money, and you should get the same respect. It's about valuation. It's about not being afraid to ask for those things.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Being Afraid
Work Respect Money
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As an actor - and I say actor, but actress or actor, whatever - I've had to learn to be very open about what I want. I ask for it, even if I may not get it. I feel like it's worth the ask.
Anna Gunn / Actress
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I was just so intrigued with good stories from the time I was a little girl. When my parents would take us out to dinner, I would bring a book along. And they were perfectly happy with that.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Dinner
Intrigued
Good Stories
Little Girl
Perfectly
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Being pregnant is a conundrum. You have this freedom, because it's a wonderful time that a human being is growing inside of you, and it is truly magical. On the other hand, your body changes.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Being Pregnant
Pregnant
Your Body
Inside
Hand
Human Being
Magical
Truly
Wonderful Time
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The idea of 'breaking bad' and what that means in terms of the actions and decisions people make, and why they make them - it makes people question themselves in the 'What would I do?' kind of way.
Anna Gunn / Actress
People Bad Way
Breaking
Breaking Bad
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That's part of the beauty of being an actress: you get to explore different facets of what it is to be a human being and what it is to explore different personalities, and actually, that's one of the things I love about it.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Facets
Different Personalities
Explore
Personalities
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For women, no matter what career, what path you choose, it's still an uphill battle to work your way up to these top leadership positions. And you're much more closely scrutinized for everything - for things that men are not.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Battle
Closely
Positions
Scrutinized
Uphill
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Nobody's all good or bad, and nobody's all light or dark. Every human being has so many different aspects and facets to them. And there can be something noble and something really dark and dangerous going on in a person all at the same time.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Good
Dangerous
Dark
Different
Facets
Light
Noble
Time Good Bad
Person
Really
Going
Being
Aspects
Time Good Light
Bad
Same
Them
Every
Many
Human
Human Being
Same Time
Something
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I feel like it's important to be forthright about equality. If you're doing the same work, you should get the same amount of money, and you should get the same respect. It's about valuation. It's about not being afraid to ask for those things.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Being Afraid
Important
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I have to remind myself, Stop thinking about the future. Stop thinking about what happened at work today, or another choice you could have made. Just be with your kids. Just be with your friends. Enjoy your victories. Stop second-guessing things that have already happened.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Kids
Choices
Thinking
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If you don't agree with the direction something is going in, at least at work, you should always try it first, unless it's dangerous or damaging. But if you have an opinion about the direction your work should be taking, say it. Then back it up with proof and other solutions.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Dangerous
Opinion
Trying
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I think theater probably remains my favorite, sort of where my soul lives. It takes a lot of discipline, and you have to show up eight shows a week, no matter how you feel physically, mentally, emotionally - there's nobody to cut around that: you've got to tell the story yourself for two hours.
Anna Gunn / Actress
Discipline
Eight
Hours
Matter
My Soul
Remains
Soul
Theater
Physically
Mentally
Nobody
Show
Favorite
Cut
Emotionally
Story
Takes
Tell
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You know my girls are so funny. You're out in the country and there are critters everywhere and they get a little like, 'Oh my God! Oh no, bugs!' and I had to say, 'Honey this is fine. This is their world and it's all part of being in the country.' I realized, 'Oh my God, my girls are really city girls.'
Anna Gunn / Actress
Girl
Bugs
Cities
Country
Honey
Oh My God
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