"I do admit that I've never been one to fit in easily to any given pattern. It's not my choice. It's ..." — Anna Kendrick

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.

My goal all along has just been to work and support myself. I've been really lucky to walk away from the 'Twilight' series unscathed. Somebody asked me recently what it's like to be a star. I thought that was the strangest question. If you saw my day-to-day life, the word 'star' just doesn't apply.

I started auditioning when I was about 10 and I didn't get my first job until I was 12, and two years at that age is really hard.

There's a difference between being an actress who can sing and being a Sally Song-and-Dance.