You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy. You shouldn't try to be funny, but you should try to be as honest as possible. The extreme end of honesty is usually what's funny. That's your job [as an… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
I really appreciate and respect the audience. People pay their hard-earned money to go watch you, so I feel like it's my job to give 100,000% of myself to what I'm doing. — 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
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