64 Quotes by Paula Patton

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 actor]. You just have to let people see it.

I'm a physical person. That's why I like action movies. I like to get real into it all, and get real down and dirty.

I always like the physical comedy because I actually do a lot of it in my own life, but not on purpose. I am the klutziest person on the planet. It's easy for me.

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No matter how you look, we all hurt the same, cry the same, and feel joy the same.

I don't try to intellectualize characters too much. But I always think of the audience. I always make sure that my characters are likeable.

Maybe at the core of me, I'm a survivor, but I don't do it on purpose. Sometimes, in acting of course with your performance, some of your own personal character seeps through. My performance goal has always been to perform for the audience. People pay their hard earned money, and so I always desire to give all of myself in every single scene.

I'm an extremist. Either I'm being healthy and organic, or I want a big, juicy In-N-Out burger, I want it all now! It sure makes me happy.

Becoming a mother is the best thing that’s happened to me.