From Variety:

Anna Paquin was enjoying lunch in her trailer while shooting a film in Latvia when her phone started ringing. “I couldn’t be more thrilled. It’s incredibly exciting for all of us. I guess it means people are really responding to what we did. I love playing Sookie because I get to do everything. She’s sweet but strong and she gets into crazy scrapes. I fought really hard to get this role and it’s been incredibly rewarding because I get to work with such amazing actors, writers and directors, and thanks to HBO, we have the resources to do some pretty high level film quality work without having to censor the subject matter or content.”

- Anna Paquin, actress, “True Blood”