Words matter. These are the best Anna Gunn Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
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.
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.
For actors, you’ve gotta sometimes fill in your backstory.
I really did like ‘The Wolf of Wall Street.’ But not seeing women represented in that world, it definitely had less resonance for me.
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.’
There are so many more roles for men than there are for women.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I certainly had times when I thought this wasn’t going to work out, but just being a working actor felt like a victory.
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.
As an actor, my job is not to always play characters who make everybody happy. That’s not interesting.
It’s important for women to continue to break through barriers in our industry, in politics, in Wall Street.
In my experience, you get a job for a reason. Your work life happens for a reason.
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.
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.
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.
