Anne Hathaway Quotes & Sayings

When I was a teenager, I would have tried anything that an actress I liked was doing to get thin. — Anne Hathaway

I'd always thought I was pretty healthy and I always thought I had worked hard in the gym and it turns out that what I thought was hard, in Catwoman's world, is actually light to moderate. — Anne Hathaway

I love the short-haired lifestyle. — Anne Hathaway

Everything that I have ever hoped to accomplish, she has done and done better than anyone I have ever seen. — Anne Hathaway

I like to watch MTV for escapist pleasure, but when I saw Snooki, I saw my twin. I couldn't lose myself in the show anymore because there I was. — Anne Hathaway

College is such a unique time because you're learning a little bit how to be an adult. You're learning how to take care of yourself without parental influence, and you're exposed to so many great minds. I feel like I didn't even know how to think until I got to college. — Anne Hathaway

I love the Dr.Hauschka range and use the cleanser, toner and moisturiser every day, — Anne Hathaway

So as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve. I want to work with people that frighten me and excite me, and characters that I don't believe I'm the best person for the part but I'm still gonna try anyway. Those are my favorite roles. — Anne Hathaway

I think nudity is related to everything. — Anne Hathaway

The way I go about choosing roles is basically by just trying to pick the complete opposite of the last thing I did, or if it has someone else who I really have wanted to work with. — Anne Hathaway

I've wanted to be a mother since I was 16, but I also just knew I wanted to have a career as well. — Anne Hathaway

There's nothing wrong with making little kids happy, but there's nothing wrong with wanting to be an adult actress. I mean a grown-up actress. — Anne Hathaway

Everybody has bad relationships and, at the end of the day, they are just a great way to set yourself up for a good relationship. — Anne Hathaway

Mia: I can't do this, I'm a girl. Gym Teacher Harbula: What am I? A duck? — Anne Hathaway

If you're not someone who has a natural and effortless love for yourself, it's hard to let go of your desire to please other people, and that's really not an ingredient for a happy life. — Anne Hathaway

A bad love experience is no reason to fear a new love experience. — Anne Hathaway

I've worked with people and I've known people that were really competitive, but I've always said that I take an Elizabeth Bennett philosophy of life - I laugh. I love my job, but if it means hurting someone, I won't do it. — Anne Hathaway

There's something very addictive about people pleasing. It's a thought pattern and a habit that feels really, really good until it becomes desperate. — Anne Hathaway

When Chris Nolan is your director you are like, "I trust that, I'm wrong." — Anne Hathaway

I sing everywhere. I have a very patient husband. He says he doesn't mind. But we've only been married a year and a half! — Anne Hathaway

It takes a minute for me to let my guard down, but once I do and I get to know someone, I'm very open, very trusting. Some might say too trusting, because considering the amount of money that can be made from selling gossip, I could be very easily taken advantage of. — Anne Hathaway

And I think that if something doesn't make sense, forcing yourself to understand it from [Chris Nolan's] perspective makes you better. — Anne Hathaway

Taking a year off and going to school was the best thing I could have done after The Princess Diaries. It taught me that I don't need Hollywood or a job to make me happy. — Anne Hathaway

I'm not Rihanna. I'm not cool. When people come up to me in the street, they often want a hug, not a photo, and they want that because they like my work. — Anne Hathaway

You cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours. — Anne Hathaway

I'm very aware of my own background. I'm Irish, French, and then a little bit of everything else thrown in, ranging from German to Native American. We're talking about tiny drops of blood. — Anne Hathaway

I gave up my struggle with perfection a long time ago. That is a concept I don't find very interesting anymore. Everyone just wants to look good in the photographs. I think that is where some of the pressure comes from. Be happy. Be yourself, the day is about a lot more. — Anne Hathaway

I'm always curious about how actors cry on film. — Anne Hathaway

I'll start with one healthy kid, but I'd like to have a few naturally and adopt. — Anne Hathaway

I think I was raised in a solidly upper-middle class family who had really strong values and excess was not one of the things that my family put up with. — Anne Hathaway

[ Working Meryl Streep] I just felt like I was shaving years off my discovery as an actress to realize, "Okay, that's what this feels like." — Anne Hathaway

After Princess Diaries, I was labeled a good girl, and for the first eight years of my career I had to fight to get any other kind of role. But I like fighting for a job, actually. Once you get it, you feel like you've emerged victorious from the scrap and you're like, "OK, this one's mine. Did it. Done." — Anne Hathaway

Irony is the bringing together of two contradictory truths and to make out of the contradiction a new truth, with a laugh or a smile. — Anne Hathaway

I think we all want to really live good lives, and we all really want to have a healthy planet, although I don't know if we're supposed to be on it forever. Now, does that mean that we should be building rocket ships to shoot us into outer space? Well if we can, I think we should. — Anne Hathaway

I'm pretty good at remaining calm during an emergency. My house burned down when I was 12, which made me really pragmatic about what needed to be done. But I can be bad in that I compartmentalize a lot of emotions and push them away to deal with them at a later date. — Anne Hathaway

Ladies: Anne Hathaway is a feminist and she has amazing teeth. Let's save our bad attitudes for the ones who aren't advancing the cause. — Anne Hathaway

I'm not one of those stars that goes out and literally dresses to be photographed. I'm kind of a 'what you see is what you get' type of girl when I dress. I go for comfort above everything else. — Anne Hathaway

When people refer to me as a 'regular' girl ... it's code word for 'fat' in Hollywood ... But ... my body has chosen its shape. I'd rather be strong than skinny. — Anne Hathaway

I think fashion is a lot of fun. I love clothes. More than fashion or brand labels, I love design. I love the thought that people put into clothes. I love when clothes make cultural statements and I think personal style is really cool. I also freely recognize that fashion should be a hobby. — Anne Hathaway

There's something wildy decadent about the young-star lifestyle, and I just don't really see the point. I got my partying out of my system in college. — Anne Hathaway

I live my life with love. I live my life with compassion. I live my life hoping the best for absolutely everyone, no matter how they feel about me. And when you live that way, it's amazing how beautiful every day can be. — Anne Hathaway

I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl. — Anne Hathaway

It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that a billion women have been raped or beaten, just the enormity of that. When I was in college, I'd heard that one in four women would be raped, and I thought, God, that means I must know someone who was raped. Sure enough, I found out a week later that a friend had been. A billion is too big because one is too big. — Anne Hathaway

Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I'm most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me. — Anne Hathaway

I had a dream. And it came true. — Anne Hathaway

I don't love exercise. Some of it is more fun than others, so what I do is, if I'm on the treadmill and I don't want to finish, I look at it and say, "Okay, this is 20 minutes, versus the rest of my life. I'm going to spend the rest of my life doing so many other things, so I can do this for 20 minutes." — Anne Hathaway

There's no magic bullet; there's no pill that you take that makes everything great and makes you happy all the time. I'm letting go of those expectations, and that's opening me up to moments of transcendent bliss. But I still feel the stress over 'Am I thin enough? Am I too thin? Is my body the right shape?' — Anne Hathaway

Oh, my God. I want to be a mother, and I anticipate loving my children quite fiercely. I think about it all the time, though it's a silly thing to think about because the kind of mother I'll be depends on the kind of children I have. I can't wait to meet them. — Anne Hathaway

Weddings are important because they celebrate life and possibility. — Anne Hathaway

My entire film career's been dependent on my ability to look unattractive. — Anne Hathaway

Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman can tell a story. I mean, the novel as an art form is just in full florid bloom in 'Atlas Shrugged.' It's an unbelievable story. The characters are so compelling, and what she's saying is mind-expanding. — Anne Hathaway

Each Catwoman is specific to the Gotham City she lives in and the director that helps shape her. So it's kind of hard to have a favorite and I'm not just being political, it's hard to have a favorite because each one is so specific as themselves. — Anne Hathaway

I'm not attempting to be a role model but I accept that roles I've played put me in that position. I don't feel a huge responsibility as an actress to put my young fan base first. — Anne Hathaway

When I think back to some of the most fun nights of my life, it was just me out dancing without a care in the world. It's a release, an outlet. — Anne Hathaway

When I meet people for the first time, I'm friendly but shy. I'm much less outwardly nervous than I used to be, but I still get anxious sometimes. — Anne Hathaway

I was on a starvation diet to look like I was near death in a film ... but I went at it with a plan, and I had a guide; a nutritionist kind of helped me with it. — Anne Hathaway

I am crushing so hard on Amy Schumer. Women like her who have chosen to stand up for themselves and face the bullies are being so embraced. — Anne Hathaway

I love when clothes make cultural statements and I think personal style is really cool. — Anne Hathaway

The best part about working is that you never know what you're going to learn when you start out. — Anne Hathaway

I disagree with a couple of the stances of the Catholic Church. My older brother is gay, and it's important for me to be able to love him completely and freely, and it's important for me to spread beliefs in the world that are not going to limit people in their love. I can't support a religion that doesn't support my brother. — Anne Hathaway

My mom (Kate McCauley) is an actress, so I guess she's the one that taught me it was a possibility. For as long as I can remember, I've always played make-believe ... It's something that I've always done, that I've always been comfortable doing. — Anne Hathaway

But you have to remember in life that there's a positive to every negative and a negative to every positive. — Anne Hathaway

I think that Jersey Shore is awesome. I've gone to Cape May every summer of my life. — Anne Hathaway

I am a girl without game. I'm not interested in games. I think that, if you are someone who playing hard to get comes naturally to, go with God and do that. — Anne Hathaway

A lot of people have told me, 'You're not this and so can't play that,' and I can't tell you the amount of times I've been told I'm not sexy. I just go: 'I'm a lot of things. Just because I don't wear my sexiness overtly doesn't mean that I can't become that girl for a role. — Anne Hathaway

Mellow doesn't always make for a good story, but it makes for a good life. — Anne Hathaway

I was thrust into a really lofty, enviable, but isolated position with 'Princess Diaries' in that I could carry a film before I really knew if I could act. — Anne Hathaway

I'll wear my mom jeans in public that haven't been tailored 'just so' yet, just because they feel good. — Anne Hathaway

I'm not very daring in my street style, usually because there's a photographer around! — Anne Hathaway

Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work. — Anne Hathaway

I have no aspirations of world domination through the pop charts. None at all. — Anne Hathaway

It's definitely a thing to be sitting there, getting a pedicure, and you look over and someone is reading an article about an aspect of your life that you know is not true. It's weird, it's uncomfortable, but I don't see it changing anytime soon, so I should figure a way to laugh through it. — Anne Hathaway

You have to want to be married to someone. You have to feel that reciprocated. Marriage for marriage's sake doesn't make any sense to me, and I found someone with whom I could put my money where my mouth is, I guess. — Anne Hathaway

I've always believed in people's capacity for goodness. I still believe that people are good. What I'm not so trusting about anymore is their relationship to their own goodness. — Anne Hathaway

My passion is interior decorating. My goal for the next years is to get into carpentry, because I really want to learn how to make my own furniture. — Anne Hathaway

When I look back on my twenties, I just remember being afraid of everything, and in my thirties, I'm actually excited by things. And if things don't work out, you know, by the time you've hit your thirties, you've had your fair share of disappointments. — Anne Hathaway

I know it's not the right thing to say, but I'm really happy with my body. — Anne Hathaway

Because the world of this film begins and ends in the imagination of Tim Burton, you're not seeing a movie that's been shot on locations that you've seen a million times. Because this world has no rules, you're seeing so many different and separate brushstrokes and colors and characterizations somehow getting combined through Tim. — Anne Hathaway

I'm a pretty boring person. I have a dog that I love, and friends that I love, and a family that I love. I'm just trying to spend as much time with them as I can. — Anne Hathaway

I would have played street cop number three if it meant getting to work with Chris Nolan. — Anne Hathaway

I've been enjoying a couple of post-Oscar burgers. So I didn't fit into a lot of the vintage stuff. I wanted to wear something that was a little bit more forgiving. — Anne Hathaway

I used to be like everyone else and think the Kardashians are just famous for being famous. But I've been really impressed with how supportive Kim Kardashian has been of Caitlyn Jenner. — Anne Hathaway

Kindness is really important to me in finding my own prince - so are patience and a sense of humor. Without those qualities he's no Prince Charming! — Anne Hathaway

My first job was baby-sitting. I had a great time because I love kids. Sometimes, when I'm having a bad day, I'm like: "Oh, you know what? I'm going to chuck it in and become a kindergarten teacher!" — Anne Hathaway

The whole beauty of music is that it goes where your words won't let you. — Anne Hathaway

I did work at Christie's for a couple of weeks, getting ready for 'The Devil Wears Prada,' getting people coffee and doing whatever they needed around the office. It was amazing. I got to see some wonderful art, and everybody was really nice. It was great. — Anne Hathaway

I've honestly been really lucky. My only jobs have been babysitting and acting. — Anne Hathaway

I was raised in a solidly upper-middle class family who had really strong values and excess was not one of the things that my family put up with. And there's something wildy decadent about the young-star lifestyle, and I just don't really see the point. — Anne Hathaway

A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, 'for a man you're kind of ignorant'. — Anne Hathaway

My feeling about growing up in New Jersey was, 'How come I'm not in New York?' That being said, I'm older and I have a better worldview now, and so I think I grew up in an incredibly privileged position. The town I grew up in is beautiful. I got a great education, and I'm very grateful for it. — Anne Hathaway

I don't take anything for granted. I've been given extraordinary opportunities, I've also fought for extraordinary opportunities. So I don't believe you're ever just there in this golden moment. You probably always have to remind people that you're there, that you have something to offer, maybe something beyond what they could imagine for you. — Anne Hathaway

I try to stay out of the spotlight as much as humanly possible, because I think that when actors, whether or not they've chosen it or it has been thrust upon them, are living very public lives, it affects your ability to get lost in their performances. — Anne Hathaway

There's nothing wrong with the fashion industry. What's wrong is changing yourself for something you don't really care about just to get somewhere faster. — Anne Hathaway

I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of children. — Anne Hathaway

When I got my start, I kind of got my big break with The Princess Diaries and during the press rounds for that everyone asked me: "Did you always want to be a princess growing up?" And the truth was, no I wanted to be Catwoman. And I think a lot of women feel that way. And the fact that I am actually her is such a dream come true. It's such a pinch me moment. And the fact that I am Catwoman in Chris Nolan's Gotham to Christian Bale's Batman is unbelievably cool. — Anne Hathaway

I can think of few things more painful than naming four good things about yourself in front of a room of journalists! — Anne Hathaway

I really love yoga. — Anne Hathaway

Thank you for this lovely blunt object that I will forevermore use as a weapon against self-doubt. — Anne Hathaway

I'd love to be an artist that's multifaceted. At the moment, I am not. But wouldn't that be cool if I was like, 'Yeah, let me pull out my guitar and play you a song.' I would adore that. I am so far not gifted in that way. But I am a very hard worker and a very determined person, so who knows? — Anne Hathaway

I love it when people are able to interpret thoughts and feelings on fabric or some kind of material. — Anne Hathaway