Anna Kendrick Biography

Tony-nominated, Drama Desk award-winning actress Anna Kendrick got her start on the stage before segueing into film with roles in the Todd Graff musical comedy Camp and Spellbound director Jeffrey Blitz's post-Napoleon Dynamite teen misfit comedy Rocket Science. Cast in the latter as the love interest of a stuttering high-school student seeking to steady his voice by joining the debate team, Kendrick charmed viewers with her effervescent radiance before taking the lead as a teen desperately searching for her missing best friend in cinematographer-turned-director Nathan Hope's 2007 thriller Elsewhere. Later that same year, Kendrick could be seen opposite Ben Stiller and Jason Schwartzman in director Todd Louiso's arrested-development comedy The Marc Pease Experience. In 2008 she landed a recurring part in the highly successful Twilight series, but her real breakthrough came in 2009 with her Oscar nominated turn opposite George Clooney in Up in the Air. In 2010 she appeared in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and a year later she earned strong reviews playing a psychiatrist counseling a young cancer victim in 50/50. On 2012 she was in the ensemble pregnancy comedy What to Expect When You're Expecting, and lent her voice to the animated film ParaNorman. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

• 1. Adam: What were you doing when I called? Were you on facebook?
  2. Katherine: You know... umm... stalking my ex-boyfriend actually isn't the only thing I do in my free time.
  3. Adam: I wish you were my girlfriend.
  4. Katherine: Girlfriends can be nice. You just had a bad one.
  5. Adam: I bet you'd be a good one.
  From 50/50. Submitted by Maria Y (2 days ago)

• 1. Stacey Pilgrim: She's with Gideon.
  2. Wallace Wells: That's probably just because he's better than you.
  From Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Submitted by Isabella M (3 days ago)

• 1. Jessica Stanley: Do you think Bella will be showing yet?
  2. Angela Weber: Jess, she's not pregnant!
  3. Jessica Stanley: Why else do girls get married?
  From Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. Submitted by Torie R (24 days ago)

• 1. Ryan Bingham: Are you angry at your computer?
  2. Natalie Keener: I type with purpose.
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Sidney L (2 months ago)

• 1. Natalie Keener: Wow, that was impressive. You gonna put that in your book?
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (3 months ago)

• 1. Ramona Flowers: Say bye to your gay friends for me.
  2. Stacey Pilgrim: Gay friends? *looks left sees Wallace and boyfriend making out* WALLACE, AGAIN?!
  From Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Submitted by Fanchon G (4 months ago)

• 1. Natalie Keener: How can you not think about that? How does it not even cross your mind that you might want a future with someone?
  2. Ryan Bingham: It's simple; you know that moment when you look into somebody's eyes and you can feel them staring into your soul and the whole world goes quiet... just for a second?
  3. Natalie Keener: Yes!
  4. Ryan Bingham: Right, well I don't.
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Alejandro O (5 months ago)

• 1. Jessica: Um...and then suddenly, Edward is all about Bella. Even though she's not the captain of the volleyball team. [she laughs]
  From Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. Submitted by Molly Q (6 months ago)

• 1. Natalie Keener: I'm not afraid to be married to my career. And I don't expect it to hold me in bed as I go to sleep.
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (6 months ago)

• 1. Katherine: You can't change your situation. The only think that you can change is how you choose to deal with it.
  From 50/50. Submitted by Jacob D (7 months ago)

• 1. Natalie Keener: We should dance!
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (10 months ago)

• 1. Natalie Keener: (shouting over the party music) This was a great idea!
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (10 months ago)

• 1. Alex Goran: You're young. Right now you see settling as some sort of failure.
  2. Natalie Keener: It is, by definition.
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (10 months ago)

• 1. Ryan Bingham: All you have to do today is watch, and listen. And when I talk about a strategy packet, hand them one of those.
  2. Natalie Keener: Sounds great.
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (10 months ago)

• 1. Stacey Pilgrim: Dating a high schooler?! Scandalous!
  2. Scott Pilgrim: Am not! Who told you?
  3. Stacey Pilgrim: Wallace. Duh.
  4. Scott Pilgrim: That gossipy bitch.
  5. Wallace Wells: You know me.
  6. Scott Pilgrim: Wallace!
  From Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Submitted by Kris R (10 months ago)

• 1. Ryan Bingham: I'm fired?
  2. Natalie Keener: Yes, you're fired.
  3. Ryan Bingham: Never say 'fired'.
  4. Natalie Keener: You've been let go.
  5. Ryan Bingham: Why?
  6. Natalie Keener: This is a mythical situation, how could I possibly know why?
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (10 months ago)

• 1. Ryan Bingham: Mr. Gregory hired me, he's the only one who can fire me. You know what, I'm gonna go talk to him.
  2. Natalie Keener: Mr. Bingham...
  3. Ryan Bingham: No, no, you can't follow me, you're on a computer screen.
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (11 months ago)

• 1. Ryan Bingham: Try again. Fire me.
  2. Natalie Keener: I just did.
  3. Ryan Bingham: Actually, you didn't. Now, fire me.
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (11 months ago)

• 1. Natalie Keener: I thought I'd be engaged by now, no offense.
  2. Alex Goran: It's alright.
  3. Ryan Bingham: No, it's fine.
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (11 months ago)

• 1. Alex Goran: What a weasely prick.
  2. Natalie Keener: Yeah, but what does that make me? Someone who falls for a prick?
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (11 months ago)

• 1. Natalie Keener: [types furiously]
  2. Ryan Bingham: Are you mad at your computer?
  3. Natalie Keener: I type with purpose.
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (11 months ago)

• 1. Natalie Keener: You're so pretty! You're exactly how I wanna look like in 15 years.
  2. Alex Goran: Thank you Natalie!
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (11 months ago)

• 1. Natalie Keener: What kind of relationship do you have?
  2. Ryan Bingham: You know, casual.
  3. Natalie Keener: Sounds pretty special.
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (11 months ago)

• 1. Natalie Keener: I don't get it, why does your sister want a fake photo?
  2. Ryan Bingham: My sister's kooky, she thinks this is charming, like that gnome thing.
  3. Natalie Keener: No, I meant why would she want a picture in front of the St. Louis airport?
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (11 months ago)

• 1. Natalie Keener: [breaks into tears] Brian left me!
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (11 months ago)

• 1. Natalie Keener: It's a cocoon of self-banishment!
  2. Ryan Bingham: Wow, big words!
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (12 months ago)

• 1. Jessica: When we were five, they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our answers were things like, astronauts, president... or in my case, a princess.. When we were ten, they asked again. We answered, a rock star, cowboy, or in my case, a gold medalist. But now that we're grown up, they want a serious answer. Well, how about this. Who the hell knows? This isn't the time to make hard and fast decisions. This is a time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere. Fall in love... a lot. Major in philosophy, because there's no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind, and change it again, because nothing's permanent. So make as many mistakes as you can. That way, someday, when they ask what we want to be, we won't have to guess... we'll know.
  From The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Submitted by Lea L (12 months ago)

• 1. Natalie Keener: Isn't ten million just a number?
  2. Ryan Bingham: Pi is just a number.
  From Up in the Air. Submitted by Diego T (13 months ago)