Interview With New Weekly

From New Weekly:
How’s life as a blonde?
It’s very high maintenance.

It must be…
Yeah it turns out my hair grows really fast and I have really dark hair naturally so, you know, this even the tiniest bit of roots, not okay. But now that we’re wrapped it’s okay because I’m not suppose to look like a natural blonde but not really a fan for sitting still for the hairdresser once every ten days for a couple hours. Makes me feel really vain and nutty.

Do people treat you differently?
It’s such a cliché but yes. I really didn’t think that was going to be the case, but people stare at blonde girls. It’s funny. It’s bright and shiny and it catches the light. Like a magpie.

Do they think you’re less intelligent?
I sometimes get that sense, yes.

Why does the world like vampires so much right now?
The honest answer is I don’t know. I mean they’re dangerous and sexy and most films and TV shows cast very good-looking people which probably helps!

How is it working with your fiancé Stephen Moyer?

He’s great. He’s really talented, and so is every other member of our cast and crew and writing staff and directors I mean, we have, we have such an amazing group of people and it’s a real treat.

You’ve done a lot of racy scenes together. How is Alan Ball about directing those scenes?

He’s not usually around when we’re shooting that stuff. I don’t know if he feels less awkward about asking you to do things with someone that you know, you would optionally do things with. I don’t know. Again, this is the only way I have experience with the show but, our whole cast is really comfortable with each other as far as t he sort of weird and emotionally scary and physically odd places that we go with it. There’s a comfort level with all of us that is really really good and really important and that goes for any kind of scene you know not just the sexy naked stuff, I don’t think that’s important.

Did you have any worries about doing the raunchy material?

I’ve done plenty of not particularly child-friendly work when I was less age-appropriate to do it. So maybe I’ve just never had conservative taste.

Do you work out?

Of course, you know, you do what you gotta do…

What do you have to do?
Okay well genetics were kind, so I’m not gonna say it’s the hardest thing in the world, but of course I work out. If you were going to do your job naked you would probably have very specific opinions about what you look like, as do most actors – particularly ones who take their clothes off on a regular basis or have little outfits that are this big at work.

We keep hearing about the sock (to cover the male actors nudity)…
But girls don’t have the sock. Girls have the patch.

The patch, is that glued?
No! (laughs) It’ s topstick, double-sided toupee tape.

That’s like glue?
No, that is not like glue. Glue would be messy and awkward. Topstick is also awkward but less messy. Yeah a modesty patch, or just the patch or the sock. I think they started calling it ‘the sock of destiny’ last season, I’m not entirely sure, I think that might have been a Ryan Kwanten coinage cause he was in little else for most of that season and if I’m not very much forsaken, I think he gave socks to all of the boys on the crew as a wrap gift. He had the wardrobe department make them which I thought was kind of hilarious.

September 6th, 2009 | No Comments

Scream Award Nomination!

Thank you to Walter at Spike TV for emailing me about this. Anna has been nominated for a Scream Award for True Blood as Best Horror Actress.ou can vote here: http://www.spike.com/event/scream2009/page/vote/category/33663.

September 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment

The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler – Polish Premiere

I’ve just added photos from yesterday’s Polish premiere of The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler to the gallery here.

September 1st, 2009 | No Comments

NYLON Scans

I’ve just added scans from the September issue of NYLON to the site.

August 27th, 2009 | No Comments

NYLON Shoot – Behind The Scenes

August 26th, 2009 | No Comments

NYLON TV Issue Launch Party

Hey, I’ve just added photos from last night’s launch party of Anna’s NYLON issue. More will be added soon.

August 25th, 2009 | No Comments

Anna On NYLON September 2009 Cover!

Anna is on the cover of NYLON’s September 2009 issue. It’s her second NYLON cover, the first being October 2000. I have not received my issue yet, but NYLON’s site has snippets from the interview, which you can check out below.

From NYLON:

nylonsept09coverUp all night with Anna Paquin and her alter ego, True Blood’s Sookie Stackhouse.

Anna Paquin has an Oscar, a cool accent, and maybe the best role on television – bombshell mind reader Sookie Stackhouse on True Blood.  We sat down with her, Stephen Moyer (aka Vampire Bill) and their Maker, HBO producing legend Alan Ball, to discuss their bloody TV phenomenon.

Anna Paquin, on her Nude Scenes:
“I don’t think a naked body is particularly shocking or interesting… It’s not the culture I was raised in.  I was not brought up in the United States.  I don’t share the [attitude] that you can have graphic violence, but – God forbid – you see someone’s nipples.”

On Going Blonde for Sookie:
“I don’t look like a Barbie doll, and probably never will.  People are incredibly literal in how they view you.  You have dark hair and pale skin?  You must be brooding.  The second you dye your hair blonde and get a spray tan, people treat you as if you’re a bit stupider and happier.  Suddenly, it’s like you’re hot and sexy.”

On TV Acting:
“It never occurred to me that one form of acting was better than another.  I think if you approach your career like that you’re limiting yourself to a very boring path.  For me, it’s about the material.”

Epilogue:  Stephen Moyer, on Vampire Sex:
“The thing about vampirism is that it taps into a female point of view – you have an old-fashioned gentleman with manners who is a fucking killer… it’s an interesting duality, because in our present society it would be an odd thing for a woman to say, ‘I want my man to be physical with me.’ How, as a modern man, can you fucking work that?  It’s one thing to be polite and gentle… But when do you know it’s OK to crawl out of the mud and rape her [as Bill does in one scene]?… It’s difficult stuff for a bloke, but a vampire gets away with it…. I think that’s the attraction of the show – it’s looking back at a romantic time when men were men, but they were still charming.”

August 24th, 2009 | No Comments

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