36 Quotes by Anna Gunn

For actors, you’ve gotta sometimes fill in your backstory.

That's part of the beauty of being an actress: you get to explore different facets of what it is to be a human being and what it is to explore different personalities, and actually, that's one of the things I love about it.

My mom told me I could do anything I want, be anyone I want. I believed it. And so I want my daughters to as well.

Going under the water and staying under the water for periods of time gives me claustrophobia.

There's nothing wrong with women saying that we can be ambitious and that we can want the same things that men have traditionally wanted.

I enjoy taking on complex, difficult characters and have always striven to capture the truth of those people, whether or not it's popular.

As an actress, I realize that viewers are entitled to have whatever feelings they want about the characters they watch.

When I was 15 and had the light bulb moment I wanted to be an actor, it was my sole focus and goal, and I went after it with determination.

It's changed the landscape of my career without a doubt. 'Deadwood' started to do that, but then 'Breaking Bad' really shifted everything for me.