Anna Popplewell Quotes

#1. Making it a valid law to learn by suffering.

Aeschylus

#2. What I love is acting, and the technical stuff does tend to slow things down.

Anna Popplewell

#3. I took my archery lessons. It was really fun to learn something new.

Anna Popplewell

#4. It is said the sesta is one of the only gifts the Europeans brought to South America, but I imagine the Brazilians could have figured out how to sleep in the afternoon without having to endure centuries of murder and enslavement.

Ann Patchett

#5. I am acting at university, and I have really enjoyed doing student drama.

Anna Popplewell

#6. Love is a fighting a losing battle.

Mary Elizabeth

#7. When people ask what I'd like to do next, the answer is usually, 'Something with people in rooms.'

Anna Popplewell

#8. I'm not a gamer. I've never played any games. I was more a books and games outdoors kind of a person, so I was extremely daunted when I got this job knowing the size of the fan base and the commitment of the fans to 'Halo.'

Anna Popplewell

#9. Learn to express, not impress.

Jim Rohn

#10. I really like being on set when you've all moved on a job because it makes you bond very quickly. You're all out of your time and comfort zone, so you kind of only have each other.

Anna Popplewell

#11. We were familiar with the line that separates grief from madness, and we know that sometimes the only way to stay on the right side of it is to scream.

Carsten Jensen

#12. When people send people on summer camps or bonding trips, they send them to do things like high rope climbing or extraordinary things. And when you do extraordinary things with people, like fighting battles or simulating huge wars, you do bond very quickly.

Anna Popplewell

#13. When you're filming for seven months or six months at a time, you bond with people hugely.

Anna Popplewell

#14. I'm one of those people who really wants to do everything. And if I had enough time, I really would.

Anna Popplewell

#15. The nice thing about student drama is that you're allowed to get things wrong, because it doesn't mean no one will ever hire you again.

Anna Popplewell

#16. Being a part of the action is just incredible. I loved doing stunt stuff. I loved learning to ride.

Anna Popplewell

#17. Some people manage to make that transition from child actor to adult actor seamlessly. But I felt that if I spent my whole life on a film set without taking a few years to do something else, all I would ever know about was film sets.

Anna Popplewell

#18. WEEDS AND NETTLES, BRIARS AND THORNS, HAVE THRIVEN UNDER YOUR SHADOW, DISSETTLEMENT AND DIVISION, DISCONTENTMENT AND DISSATISFACTION, TOGETHER WITH REAL DANGERS TO THE WHOLE.

Oliver Cromwell

#19. One of the hard things in my life has been balancing my education with my acting career, because I've been acting since the age of seven, on and off, just doing little parts and things. I've always been very keen to stay in school.

Anna Popplewell

#20. In case you haven't noticed, people get hard-hearted against the people they hurt. Because they can't stand it. Literally. To think we did that to someone. I did that. So we think of all the reasons why it's okay we did whatever we did.

Elizabeth Strout

#21. I would not be allowed to be in the web series without playing 'Halo.' I'm awful, by the way. I'm much better at the live action version.

Anna Popplewell

#22. I know it's going to be bad for you, Jacob. I understand that - maybe better than you think. I don't like her, but ... she's your Sam. She's everything you want and everything you can't have.

Stephenie Meyer

#23. I think everyone has their personal stands, and everyone has challenges in their life.

Anna Popplewell

#24. I don't want to play the same character seven times. I think people would probably get bored of it.

Anna Popplewell

#25. If you're working 12-hour days, then you come home to do three hours' homework, it's quite a lot on your plate.

Anna Popplewell