I don't try to intellectualize characters too much. But I always think of the audience. I always make sure that my characters are likeable. — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
Maybe at the core of me, I'm a survivor, but I don't do it on purpose. Sometimes, in acting of course with your performance, some of your own personal character seeps through. My performance goal has always been to perform… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
My job, as an actor, is to entertain people. My contribution to society is to be a respite from everyday life. People go home… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
I feel like movies should stick to a genre and give the audience what they want, and then surprise them with the unexpected, and… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
Before, if your phone was busy, your phone was busy. You had no cell phone. Now people work 24/7, their BlackBerry keeps them busy,… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
We don't really know the ultimate outcome of our lives. All we can say is, "Fate has brought me thus far. This is where… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
I always like the physical comedy because I actually do a lot of it in my own life, but not on purpose. I am… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
A movie is painting, it's photography, it's literature - because you have to have the screenplay - it's music. Put a different soundtrack to… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
I feel like movies should stick to a genre and give the audience what they want, and then surprise them with the unexpected and… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
I think what my 42 years of life has given me is just how important it is to live your own life. — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
For me, anything that you take on, you want to be challenged. That's what makes the job exciting. — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
Sometimes I do yoga, sometimes it's kickboxing, sometimes it's weight training, sometimes it's Pilates. — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
As a little girl I always dreamed of having a cosmetics contract, which was the cherry on top of 'making it' in my opinion. — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
If you're an actress and even one person knows your name, you're lucky. — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
