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Anna Faris

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 29, 1976

Life is too short to be in relationships where you feel this isn't fully right.

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I can't stand confrontation, which maybe is a character flaw. But having said that, I do feel like when I do get upset - which is rare, as my husband and family would say - I have a hard time letting go.

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It's weird to get gifted things as an actress because it usually happens when you've made a movie, and you can finally afford something, and then these fashion labels give it to you for free.

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'Overboard' was the movie that I put on when I wasn't feeling great, and it always made me feel better. I could watch it a gazillion times. So when they approached me to be a part of this remake, I was terrified because I felt like there's no way anything could live up to the original. But it was thrilling.

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I like the idea of sort of playing quieter roles, which would be refreshing for a minute. It is exhausting being really loud and obnoxious.

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I'm not a very good lover. I'm so nervous about my sexuality.

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I really love comedy and weirdly enough, I love how my journey has ended up. I get to laugh all day long.

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My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.

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I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted.

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There's definitely a loneliness and, like, an internal element to being a performer.

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You have to be willing to accept the idea that people may think you're stupid.

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I would love to have more actress friends, but I just don't.

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After I had my baby, I reprioritized my life in general. I really wanted to play characters that gave me a different kind of fulfillment. That is a difficult thing to find, especially as an actress.

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As a working mom, you're running around all the time, and you're trying to figure out what can my kid eat that's healthy because, I guess, I'm 'supposed to do that.'

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I was never the class clown or anything like that. When I was growing up and doing theatre in Seattle I was always doing very dramatic work. Now I can't get a dramatic role to save my life!

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The hardest thing in my industry is longevity, getting your next job. It's hard to get the first job, but it's so much harder to get the sixth or seventh as a woman.

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I never imagined being able to make money from acting - and now I can.

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Hollywood studio executives don't recognize the value of female performers as much as male performers.

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One of the things that comedy has given me over the years is a really good ability to laugh at myself and to not take things that don't matter too much too seriously. I feel that very little offends me anymore and I'm really grateful for that because I think I was a pretty uptight little kid.

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I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star.

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