--- title: "Best Anna Chlumsky Quotes" description: "Anna Maria Chlumsky is an American actress. She began acting as a child, and first became known for playing Vada Sultenfuss in the film My Girl (1991) a..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-charlie-pierce-13624.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Anna Chlumsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-charlie-pierce-13624.jpg) # Anna Chlumsky (1980) Film Actor United States **49** quotes in **292** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Anna Chlumsky is a film actor from the United States, best known for *64th Man*. ## Quick Facts About Anna Chlumsky Born December 3, 1980 Nationality United States Profession Film Actor Notable works 64th Man Spouse Shaun So ## About Anna Chlumsky Anna Maria Chlumsky is an American actress. She began acting as a child, and first became known for playing Vada Sultenfuss in the film My Girl (1991) and its sequel, My Girl 2 (1994). Following her early roles, she went on hiatus from 1999 to 2005 to attend college. Chlumsky returned to acting with roles in several independent films, including Blood Car (2007) and In the Loop (2009). She portrayed Amy Brookheimer on the HBO television series Veep (2012–2019), which earned her six nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, among other accolades. ## Quotes by Anna Chlumsky · Page 2 > [Whenever people are excited about 'My Girl', I always think if I met the kids from 'The Neverending Story.' I would probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-chlumsky/whenever-people-are-excited-about-my-girl-i-always-think-if-i-met-the/) [Anna Chlumsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-chlumsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/anna-chlumsky-13760_about_whenever-people-are-excited-about-my-gir_873118.png) > [I've been poked fun of throughout my career by fellow actors for my notes that I take. I have spiral notebooks that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-chlumsky/i-ve-been-poked-fun-of-throughout-my-career-by-fellow-actors-for-my/) [Anna Chlumsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-chlumsky/) [Actors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/anna-chlumsky-13760_actors_i-ve-been-poked-fun-of-throughout-my-car_3211765.png) > [Growing up it was the exception because I was maybe the only one in my school or my circle of friends that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-chlumsky/growing-up-it-was-the-exception-because-i-was-maybe-the-only-one-in/) [Anna Chlumsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-chlumsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/anna-chlumsky-13760_almost_growing-up-it-was-the-exception-because_1871481.png) > [I didn't want to go down any scarier path of low self-esteem than I was already on the track for. So during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-chlumsky/i-didn-t-want-to-go-down-any-scarier-path-of-low-self-esteem-than-i/) [Anna Chlumsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-chlumsky/) [College](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/college/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/478/anna-chlumsky-13760_college_i-didn-t-want-to-go-down-any-scarier-pat_2678350.png) > [I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-chlumsky/i-don-t-let-it-bother-me-too-much-if-someone-doesn-t-like-me-i-just/) [Anna Chlumsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-chlumsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/anna-chlumsky-13760_accounting_i-don-t-let-it-bother-me-too-much-if-som_160417.png) > [I really don't like to do back-to-back movies. I concentrate on things at home. My family and school life are important to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-chlumsky/i-really-don-t-like-to-do-back-to-back-movies-i-concentrate-on-things/) [Anna Chlumsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-chlumsky/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/anna-chlumsky-13760_cinema_i-really-don-t-like-to-do-back-to-back-m_132811.png) > [From the very start of all of this, my mom has read the scripts first. And if she liked something, she let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-chlumsky/from-the-very-start-of-all-of-this-my-mom-has-read-the-scripts-first/) [Anna Chlumsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-chlumsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/anna-chlumsky-13760_agent_from-the-very-start-of-all-of-this-my-mo_806486.png) > [In order to satirize adequately, I think you need to bring people down to Earth and be like, 'Yeah, these people drink…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-chlumsky/in-order-to-satirize-adequately-i-think-you-need-to-bring-people-down/) [Anna Chlumsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-chlumsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/anna-chlumsky-13760_bathroom_in-order-to-satirize-adequately-i-think_2092204.png) > [You can ask any set decorator on any set where I've had to be in an office, I always kind of claim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-chlumsky/you-can-ask-any-set-decorator-on-any-set-where-i-ve-had-to-be-in-an/) [Anna Chlumsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-chlumsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/anna-chlumsky-13760_claims_you-can-ask-any-set-decorator-on-any-set_972545.jpg) ## Anna Chlumsky by topic [People (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/anna-chlumsky/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-chlumsky/#itemlist", "name": "Anna Chlumsky Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whenever people are excited about 'My Girl', I always think if I met the kids from 'The Neverending Story.' 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