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Real Name : Anna Faris
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Anna started acting very young but, of course, not professionally. She loved watching plays and eventually produced her own with all the neighborhood children. She was always encouraged with the emphasis that she wasn't just "pretending" but rather being an unpaid producer, director, writer and actor. Her first paid job was at the Seattle Repretory theatre at age nine. She loved it and did other local plays and readings. After graduating from the University of Washington in English Literature, she decided to leave for London to work and write, but after filming (the less than wonderful) _Lovers Lane (2000)_ (qv) and a short for the Seattle Film Festival, she decided to give Los Angeles a try. She signed with up with a wonderful management agency and before, she could catch her breath, 'Keenen Ivory Wayans' (qv) casted her in _Scary Movie (2000)_ (qv). She never takes anything for granted and just feels so very fortunate to have been given a chance.( An example was her trying to thank all the journalists and photographers that came to the New York premiere.)
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Anna Faris
- Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers
- I Give It a Year
- Movie 43
- The Skeleton Twins
- The Dictator
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
- Take Me Home Tonight
- Anderson
- What's Your Number?
- Rove LA
- Daybreak
- Yogi Bear
- A Recipe for Success: The Making of 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2010
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
- Observe and Report
- Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
- 2009 MTV Movie Awards
- Reinventando Hollywood
- The House Bunny
- The Spleenectomy
- 2008 MTV Movie Awards
- Girls Upstairs: Making of 'House Bunny'
- Up Close with Carrie Keagan
- Xposé
- That Little Extra
- Smiley Face
- Chelsea Lately
- Mama's Boy
- Anatomy of a Scene: Shark Attack
- My Super Ex-Girlfriend
- The Making of 'My Super Ex-Girlfriend'
- Scary Movie 4
- 2006 MTV Movie Awards
- Guilty Hearts
- The Cast of 'My Super Ex-Girlfriend'
- Rachael Ray
- Attack of the Show!
- Brokeback Mountain
- Waiting...
- Blue Skies
- The Girls Next Door
- Herbie Fully Loaded
- Just Friends
- Southern Belles
- Made in Hollywood
- The Tony Danza Show
- Entourage
- Spelling Bee
- Making 'Scary Movie 3'
- Lost in Translation
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Winter Break
- Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
- Scary Movie 3
- The New Tom Green Show
- Reel Comedy
- Last Call with Carson Daly
- May
- The Wayne Brady Show
- The Hot Chick
- Scary Movie 2
- Scary Movie
- Lovers Lane
- Skanks
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
- Total Request Live
- King of the Hill
- Eden
- Access Hollywood
- Comedy Central Canned Ham
- MADtv
- Friends
- Late Show with David Letterman
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- The Big Breakfast
- HBO First Look
- Deception: A Mother's Secret
- Live with Regis and Kathie Lee
- Entertainment Tonight
- Saturday Night Live
- Untitled Anna Faris Project
- Private Benjamin
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- I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted.
- I don't really like to go out to clubs or anything. It's just not my style. I'd much rather go to a dive bar or a local place. I just don't love feeling awful, having to tell people, "Hi, yeah, I was in _Scary Movie (2000)_ (qv). Do you mind if we come in?" I mean, it's so awkward.
- I never imagined being able to make money from acting - and now I can.
- They've [the Scary Movie series] given me a career but they've also sort of boxed me in. What really surprised me when I first moved here is that the industry thought of actors as either comedic or dramatic. And I'm still confused. I understand that maybe some people are better at one or the other, but I can't understand why it's so divided. I've been able to chip away at that a bit; I think it gets easier as my body of work expands.
- 'Blythe Danner' (qv) is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband.
- [on doing another _Scary Movie (2000)_ (qv) sequel] After _Scary Movie 3 (2003)_ (qv), I was like, 'no I'm done,' but then I had so much fun making [_Scary Movie 4 (2006)_ (qv)] that I think that I would. I would definitely be open to doing it.
- I was never the class clown or anything like that. When I was growing up and doing theatre in Seattle I was always doing very dramatic work. Now I can't get a dramatic role to save my life!
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