Anne Hathaway Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
30th March 2017
Quote: "I've gotten a lot of questions today of people being like, 'Oh, this is a departure for you,' and I sort of feel like it's more of a coming home. I'm probably a lot weirder on the inside than I've let out. So maybe this is the beginning of the freak flag flying." Actress Anne Hathaway would love to move away from dramas and star in more sci-fi thrillers, like her new movie Colossal, in which she plays a woman who discovers she is in control of a monster.
21st July 2016
Quote: "Garry was goodness itself. He was generous. He was kind beyond kind. He was thoughtful and sweet and so funny you would pee yourself a little. I met him when I was a child who thought she was a grownup; he treated me with grace and patience and respect and always, always love. I'm so happy I made three films with him. I'm so happy he blessed my son in my belly the last time I saw him (we never think it will be the last time)." Anne Hathaway mourns the loss of famed director Garry Marshall, who died on Tuesday (19Jul16), aged 81. The pair first worked together on The Princess Diaries in 2001, when the actress became a household name, and reunited for a sequel in 2004. They also teamed up for the ensemble romantic comedy Valentine's Day in 2010.
1st July 2016
Tweet: "What else can I say about the movie that changed my life? Thank you #thedevilwearsprada and happy 10 year anniversary!! (don't let this make you feel old - good style is eternal xx)." Anne Hathaway celebrated the 10th anniversary of her hit film The Devil Wears Prada on Thursday (30Jun16) with a throwback snap of her co-star Meryl Streep in character as the stern fashion magazine editor on Instagram.
24th May 2016
Quote: "I've always wanted to be in a Quentin Tarantino film. I really love the way he sees women. I think there's definitely room for that in the world, and I would love to be one of his heroines." New mum Anne Hathaway dreams of appearing in a Quentin Tarantino action movie.
27th April 2016
Tweet: "Respect beyond respect. @Beyonce just changed so many games. Queen just became an Empress. Chills all over. #LEMONADE". New mum Anne Hathaway is blown away by Beyonce's recent TV special, Lemonade, and her new album of the same name.
25th September 2015
Quote: "I still haven't met her... I'm not good at keeping it together." Oscar winner Anne Hathaway shied away from introducing herself to her pop idol Mariah Carey when she attended the New York premiere of the actress' new movie, The Intern, on Monday (21Sep15).
25th September 2015
Quote: "It's uncomfortable so I don't do it, but I was channel surfing, Adam was in the other room, and it's, like, the first part (of the movie)... I was just like, 'Oh, I haven't seen this in a while...' Then Adam came in and was like, 'Hey babe, what do you want... Oh my God, are we watching it? Can we watch it?' And it's sweet because he was a fan of the movie before (we got together)... So we watched it and it is just a wonderful film." Actress Anne Hathaway enjoyed watching her 2006 movie The Devil Wears Prada with her husband Adam Schulman for the first time.
23rd September 2015
Quote: "He was being sarcastic and I don't understand sarcasm in email form and I told the world that he liked The Bachelor. That was such a bad thing to do!" Actress Anne Hathaway confesses she is responsible for spreading a false rumour suggesting her The Intern co-star Robert De Niro enjoys watching the dating reality show.
3rd September 2015
Quote: "I can't complain about it because I benefited from it. When I was in my early 20s, parts would be written for women in their 50s and I would get them. And now I'm in my early 30s and I'm like, 'Why did that 24 year old get that part?' I was that 24 year old once, I can't be upset about it, it's the way things are." Anne Hathaway, 32, is finding it tough going up against younger actresses for new film roles.
3rd September 2015
Quote: "She just seems to be following her heart. I met her - I hope it's OK to say this - when she and Jake (Gyllenhaal) were together. She was 20 at the time, and we hung out one night. I was like, 'You are a magnificent creature'. She was on fire and I've watched her become this force of nature." Actress Anne Hathaway is blown away by Taylor Swift's booming career. The pop star briefly dated Hathaway's Brokeback Mountain co-star in 2010.
3rd September 2015
Quote: "I'm trying right now to start a book club with Em and Jessica, because they're working on a movie together. I said, 'Let's all read this book!' But I'm not working and they are, so it's not going very well." Anne Hathaway's plans to start a book club with her THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA co-star Emily Blunt and her pal Jessica Chastain have hit a snag. Blunt and Chastain recently worked together on the Snow White and The Huntsman prequel.
31st March 2015
Fact: Oscar winner Anne Hathaway donned a white crop top with matching underwear as she impersonated Miley Cyrus in her Wrecking Ball music video on upcoming TV series Lip Sync Battle. The actress even jumped on a huge prop wrecking ball while mouthing the lyrics to the song, and she jokingly gave the middle finger to her opponent and Devil Wears Prada co-star Emily Blunt, whose husband John Krasinski is among the show's co-executive producers. Lip Sync Battle debuts in America next month (Apr15).
20th January 2015
Quote: "I've never heard that... I hope that one day I become half the woman she is; she's so accomplished and it's so thrilling to look at someone and say, 'Wow, you really are making the world a better place'." Anne Hathaway is flattered by comparisons to George Clooney's new wife Amal.
20th January 2015
Quote: "Something shifts. I didn't realise that I was keeping a part of myself protected, and it's kind of all on the line now. I'm his and he's mine." Anne Hathaway admits her 2012 marriage to jewellery designer/film producer Adam Shulman has made her more open with her emotions.
7th January 2015
Quote: "We invented the most disgusting drink known to man... It does make me a little nauseous to think about it... Chardo-nog...! It sounds like something the Real Housewives would market... We got really into it." Actress Anne Hathaway and her family came up with a disgusting holiday drink over Christmas but couldn't stomach the idea of actually drinking a glass of Chardonnay mixed with eggnog.
7th January 2015
Quote: "I had swine flu and I was home on heavy meds... and I got really into this show and I binge watched it for, like, eight hours. It was Toddlers and Tiaras... He (husband) comes home and I'm like, 'Honey, I've just found the most incredible show; you've gotta watch it...' Not a minute later he goes, 'This is disgusting... This is child abuse'." Actress Anne Hathaway became a fan of U.S. reality pageant show Toddlers & Tiaras while suffering a fever.
6th January 2015
Quote: "It was a super-low budget, tiny, tiny movie, so some locations, you would arrive and the bathroom would be really gnarly, so, like, producer-me would bring in a candle... and this wonderful young actor, Ben Rosenfield, he would have to be under a layer of blankets, pretending to be in a coma and there's no air conditioning... so the next day I brought him in ice packs... and I would make sure the crew got a nice buzz on Friday." Anne Hathaway took her role as producer on new film Song One really seriously.
7th November 2014
Fact: Oscar winner Anne Hathaway and her husband Adam Shulman had matching tattoos on their wrists after recovering from swine flu.
30th October 2014
Quote: "I didn't know how to be vulnerable and be present and enjoy myself. I'd just say to myself, 'Get over yourself and be nicer to people... My mother will agree that there were moments in my life where I needed an attitude adjustment." Oscar winner Anne Hathaway on the advice she'd like to give to her younger self.
9th October 2014
Quote: "I just didn't feel good or healthy... not strong. (After eating fish) from a stream I could see from where I was sitting, (I) just felt better." Anne Hathaway abandoned vegan diet because it made her feel weak.
15th July 2014
Fact: Actress Anne Hathaway and her husband Adam Shulman have adopted a mixed breed rescue puppy called Kenobi. The dog, named after Star Wars character Obi Wan-Kenobi, is the couple's second pet pooch - they also own a chocolate labrador named Esmeralda.
16th May 2014
Quote: "I don't often get those pinch yourself moments, but that was up there. I ended up chatting to Anne Hathaway, she looked amazing. She said she was a big fan of mine and I was gobsmacked. I mean, I've watched The Princess Diaries a thousand times. It's my go-to film." Singer Rita Ora was left starstruck after meeting her favourite actress Anne Hathaway at the Met Gala last week (05May14).
9th April 2014
Fact: Actress Anne Hathaway showed off her vocal skills on U.S. Tv on Tuesday (08Apr14) by singing various rap songs, including Snoop Dogg's Gin And Juice, 50 Cent's In Da Club and Kendrick Lamar's B**ch, Don't Kill My Vibe, as showtunes, while U.S. late night host Jimmy Fallon accompanied her on piano.
5th March 2014
Fact: Anne Hathaway's new drama Song One has become a family affair - her husband, actor-turned-jewellery designer Adam Shulman, has become a producer on the upcoming movie.
4th June 2013
Fact: Indie music supercouple Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice have been commissioned to pen original music for Anne Hathaway's new movie Song One.
7th May 2013
Fact: Les Miserables star Anne Hathaway debuted blonde hair on the red carpet of the annual Costume Institute Gala in New York on Monday (06May13). The actress revealed Blondie singer Debbie Harry, who performed at the punk-themed event, was the inspiration behind her new look.
20th April 2013
Fact: Anne Hathaway's decision to chop off her long locks for her Oscar-winning role in Les Miserables has paid off - her pixie cut has been voted the Most Influential Film Haircut of All Time, according to a joint poll by officials at the Hairdressing Council of Great Britain and Universal Pictures. She beat Jennifer Aniston's long, loose curls for Along Came Polly to the top spot, while Audrey Hepburn's famous updo in Charade came in third place.
4th March 2013
Tweet: "The vitriol towards Anne Hathaway is idiotic and unkind. She is a great actress and a sweet person." Zach Braff defends his fellow Hollywood star Anne Hathaway after her acceptance speech at the Academy Awards last month (Feb13) sparked an online backlash.
26th February 2013
Tweet: "Ladies: Anne Hathaway is a feminist and she has amazing teeth. Let's save our bad attitudes for the ones who aren't advancing the cause." Girls creator Lena Dunham jumps to the defence of Anne Hathaway, who has faced an online backlash since winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Les Miserables on Sunday night (24Feb13).
25th February 2013
Fact: Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway shared the same stylist on Oscars Sunday (24Feb13).
25th February 2013
Fact: Anne Hathaway fell victim to a Twitter.com joke on the night of her big Oscars win on Sunday (24Feb13). An account called @HathawayNipples run by "AnneHathawayNipples" was set up shortly after the actress stepped onto the red carpet wearing a revealing satin gown. The star went on to win Best Supporting Actress for Les Miserables.
25th February 2013
Quote: "I'm impressed by the work around me. I'm impressed by my make-up. I'm impressed by my costume. I'm impressed by the haircut and the set and the score and the song, but no, all I can hear is all of the notes that I didn't quite hit. But maybe I'll get over it some day." Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is still far from impressed by her performance in Les Miserables.
19th February 2013
Quote: "It won’t be the worst thing to ever happen to me if I don’t win. And with my husband by my side, winning wouldn’t be the best thing that’s happened to me either. I’ve been lucky to win a lot of awards since we got married though. He’s definitely a lucky charm." Oscar favourite Anne Hathaway won't be devastated if she doesn't take home gold at the Oscars on Sunday (24Feb13).
14th February 2013
Fact: Anne Hathaway isn't the only celebrity promoting the One Billion Rising women's rights organisation on Valentine's Day (14Feb13) - Jane Fonda and Marisa Tomei took to the streets of West Hollywood on Thursday to wave placards urging motorists to check out feminist icon Eve Ensler's initiative. Hathaway is hosting a dance party in her home to mark One Billion Rising's Valentine's Day campaign to raise awareness of the female victims of domestic abuse and rape around the world.
29th January 2013
Quote: "It's an amazing feeling to be seen by someone you respect so deeply and to be loved and cherished. I had never really been cherished in a relationship before this one and it feels... it's the best feeling in the world and I just love him so much." Anne Hathaway gushes about her new husband Adam Shulman.
28th January 2013
Quote: "Wolverine is being chased by Gladiator. Catwoman gets knocked up and for some ungodly reason goes to see Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter and Borat. Then Wolverine agrees to raise Catwoman's baby, and she goes on to star in Mamma Mia!" Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway try to explain the plot of their movie musical Les Miserables in more modern terms.
21st January 2013
Fact: Anne Hathaway and Channing Tatum make cameo appearances in Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut Don Jon's Addiction. The duo, who starred with Gordon-Levitt in 2005 movie Havoc, play the stars of a romantic comedy in a film-within-the-film.
12th January 2013
Quote: "I didn't know his last name at the time. I had to call him and ask." Anne Hathaway on setting up a first date with the man who was to become her husband, Adam Shulman.
10th January 2013
Quote: "I had hoped to achieve an Oscar nomination in my life but, to be 30 and have two, I don't know what energy to thank. Today, I'm going to go on a hike with my two best girlfriends, one of whom is pregnant. I'm going to gush over her stomach. We'll celebrate later tonight." Anne Hathaway on her latest Oscar nomination - for Les Miserables - and how she plans to celebrate.
10th January 2013
Quote: "You know I was really sick through all of (the) press. So I didn't get to really do a full-blown celebration." Anne Hathaway struggled to enjoy the critical acclaim for new movie musical Les Miserables due to illness.
9th January 2013
Quote: "We went to some weird places. The song begins when my character has just had her first experience as a prostitute and Tom Hooper, light-hearted guy that he is, decided that that experience should take place in a coffin, so at the end of the day he's like, 'Hey, you just wanna do one (take) in the coffin?' and I was like, 'Yeah, of course I do!' We did one take like that and about three quarters of the way (through) even I was like, 'This is stupid!'" Anne Hathaway hopes her I Dreamed a Dream singing performance in a coffin doesn't end up on the Les Miserables Dvd.
3rd January 2013
Quote: "I'm not Rihanna; I'm not cool... I was seen as this bizarre-world good-girl cartoon that I, in no way, identified with - very vanilla, very sweet, very accessible and not interesting... no grit, no sex appeal." Anne Hathaway dissects her public image.
2nd January 2013
Fact: Anne Hathaway and Madonna attended a New Year's Eve (31Dec12) party in Gstaad, Switzerland hosted by fashion designer Valentino Garavani.
31st December 2012
Quote: "I'm super psyched to be married. I feel very blessed in this moment, because I'm going through something that you could easily get swept up in, and I just want to go home and hang out with my husband every day. Letting yourself be taken care of is the most remarkable experience." Anne Hathaway gushes about becoming Mrs. Adam Shulman.
30th December 2012
Quote: "I see the sort of work that people like Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet can do, and I want to do that level of work so badly. But I don't believe I'm as gifted as them. So the only thing I can control is how hard I work at it." Anne Hathaway wants to be considered a modern Hollywood great.
18th December 2012
Quote: "I would love to be Posh. I mean, she's fabulous, I feel like people have figured out she's actually really smart and kind of in on the joke, people adore her in America. She's the most fabulous girl and what a talent. I think she's one of the most exciting designers in fashion right now." Anne Hathaway is a big fan of singer-turned-designer Victoria Beckham, known as Posh Spice during her time with girl band the Spice Girls.
12th December 2012
Quote: "I was very sad that we live in an age when someone takes a picture of another person in a vulnerable moment and, rather then delete it and do the decent thing, sells it. And I'm sorry that we live in a culture that commodifies sexuality of unwilling participants." Actress Anne Hathaway was disappointed photographers chose to make a profit off her wardrobe malfunction on Monday (10Dec12), when she flashed her genitals while getting out of her limousine at the New York premiere of her new movie Les Miserables.
6th December 2012
Quote: "I really didn't want the paparazzi at my wedding, and I thought that I'd outfoxed them. The plan was to release a photo to my fans on (photo sharing website) Instagram. But when some paparazzi got aerial shots and I realised that they could make money off them, I wanted to prevent that, to make the money go somewhere else." Actress Anne Hathaway on her decision to donate the proceeds from her wedding photos to charity. The star married actor and jeweller Adam Shulman in September (12).
4th December 2012
Quote: "He is handsome. I'm very happy I get to look at him forever." Actress Anne Hathaway is smitten with new husband Adam Shulman.
26th November 2012
Quote: "When I eventually looked in the mirror I just thought I looked like my gay brother." Actress Anne Hathaway on chopping off her long locks for her role as tragic prostitute Fantine in new movie musical Les Miserables.
21st November 2012
Quote: "I want to play Catherine the Great. I'm reading a biography on her right now and it's such a great story... I'd love a crack at it." Anne Hathaway dreams of a historical role.
21st November 2012
Fact: Anne Hathaway is adding producer to her resume after teaming up with her new husband Adam Shulman behind the cameras for forthcoming ensemble drama Song One. The actress will also star in the project, as the sister of a young musician who falls into a coma after being hit by a taxi.
20th November 2012
Quote: "At The Princess Diaries 2 premiere, they wanted me to arrive in a carriage, and I said no." Anne Hathaway on challenging studio bosses.
20th November 2012
Quote: "I'm the only one here who's not a mother. I hope to join the ranks soon." Newlywed Anne Hathaway is getting ready to start a family after realising she was the only actress not to have a child during a recent The Hollywood Reporter roundtable with Sally Field, Marion Cotillard, Helen Hunt, Rachel Weisz, Amy Adams and Naomi Watts.
19th November 2012
Quote: "I've had other situations where I've had to walk off the film after five minutes because I realised I was in way over my head. I've had a couple of films that I just can't watch. The experience that I'm thinking of - and I will not say which one - I tried to get out of it because I just knew from a technical standpoint I wasn't going to have enough time to prep and I just talked myself into it." Anne Hathaway on her worst role in an unnamed movie.
13th November 2012
Quote: "I begged him during the first fitting to make the train detachable. He looked at me and said, 'But it is a dress, not a costume.' The memory of creating it with him is something that I will treasure forever. He somehow read my mind and designed the dress that I'd always wanted." Actress Anne Hathaway was delighted with the pink-tinged gown Valentino created for her to wear down the aisle in September (12).
8th November 2012
Fact: Anne Hathaway is set to host U.S. comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live this weekend (10-11Nov12). It marks her third stint as host after previous appearances in 2008 and 2010.
7th August 2012
Quote: "She's spectacular. And I did get a chance to see Batman. And she was the best thing in it. That's just my personal opinion." U.S. President Barack Obama is a big fan of Anne Hathaway's performance as Catwoman in new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises. The actress co-hosted a fundraiser for the leader's re-election campaign at Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's home in Connecticut on Monday (06Aug12).
3rd August 2012
Tweet: "I totally get geeky about the Olympics. There's so much tension, you don't know what's going to happen! I would love to be on the U.S. women's gymnastic team or the U.S. women's swim team. There is no basis for this wish - I can't dive, swim, or tumble - but I really think those look fun." Anne Hathaway is a big fan of the Olympic Games, which are currently being held in London.
25th July 2012
Quote: "I sing all the time. And I cry all the time, so I've had a whole life of preparation for this... Who needs a therapist? I'm just doing Les Mis." Anne Hathaway got a lot out of her system on the set of Les Miserables.
24th July 2012
Quote: "The biggest challenge for me was figuring out how to loosen up my hips. I worked with a choreographer and a movement coach to figure out how to do that." Actress Anne Hathaway worked hard to perfect Catwoman's slinky swagger in The Dark Knight Rises.
15th July 2012
Fact: Actress Anne Hathaway played dress up during an appearance on America's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Friday (13Jul12) when she donned a platinum blonde wig, gold shirt and matching glasses for a musical comedy sketch titled Let Us Play With Your Look. The Devil Wears Prada beauty portrayed a flamboyant hairdresser and plucked one lucky man out of the audience and doused him with water onstage as she messed up his hair.
15th July 2012
Fact: Gary Oldman and Anne Hathaway amused themselves between takes on the set of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises by performing show tunes from Guys & Dolls.
12th July 2012
Quote: "I was in a room by myself reading a script. I think there was a guard outside. A part of me was trying to stay professional... And a part of me was like, 'Holy s**t! This is so cool! Oh my God! I am the envy of so many million people right now.' I just could not believe my luck, so I had those two things going. Keeping it cool and, pardon the pun, bats**t crazy." Actress Anne Hathaway knew she was the envy of millions when she read the scripts for Batman film The Dark Knight Rises in secret.
10th July 2012
Quote: "The only gift I want as a wedding gift is privacy." Anne Hathaway on her wedding day dreams.
29th June 2012
Tweet: "Boyfriend offically moved in today..Found this in his stuff. Erm.... He brought this with him.. Where's he hoping this is going?!" The Iron Lady star Alexandra Roach is baffled by her boyfriend's poster of Anne Hathaway dressed as Catwoman for the upcoming movie The Dark Knight Rises.
5th June 2012
Quote: "I'd always thought I was pretty healthy and had worked hard in the gym. It turns out what I thought was hard, in Catwoman's world, is light to moderate. And I've been doing it in heels!" Anne Hathaway was in the best shape of her life playing the feline villain in The Dark Knight Rises.
1st March 2012
Quote: "Lindsay Lohan and I have more in common than people think. We've all done things we shouldn't. It is just that I did stuff at college when nobody knew about it. I'm not a saint. I wasted time doing self-destructive things. I found out you can only dance on so many table tops." Actress Anne Hathaway insists she hasn't always been so clean-cut.
2nd September 2011
Quote: "I am still cat-less. My man is allergic to cats, so that decision is made for me. What we give up for love." Anne Hathaway's feline dreams have been dashed by her actor boyfriend Adam Shulman's allergies.
26th August 2011
Tweet: "Just watched One Day. Loved the book, cried my eyes out 2nite but sadly, as gorgeous as she is, Anne Hathaway doesn't sound very Yorkshire!" Opera singer Katherine Jenkins joins in the criticism of Anne Hathaway's northern English accent in One Day.
19th August 2011
Quote: "I am open to marriage, actually. I just went through a phase where I wanted to look at it from every angle to make sure that I wasn't just falling in step with some kind of prescribed fantasy." Actress Anne Hathaway can see a wedding in her future.
19th August 2011
Quote: "The gym I work out at, I was literally working out next to a pregnant Jessica Alba and she could do more push-ups than I could." Anne Hathaway felt pathetic at the gym as she started getting into shape to play Catwoman in the next Batman film.
19th August 2011
Quote: "There's this great myth that's out there that everyone is enjoying their early 20s and I hated my early 20s; I was miserable, I was lost... and compounding that was that I thought that everyone else was having such a great time, so I thought, 'Why am I such a loser?'" Anne Hathaway hated her early 20s.
18th August 2011
Quote: "I'm a vegetarian and right now I'm, like, living on kale and dust... The catsuit is unforgiving." Anne Hathaway on staying slender to play Catwoman in the new Batman movie.
18th August 2011
Quote: "I've lost quite a bit of weight and someone recently had me sign a photo of me from a few years ago... and I used to have a badonkadonk." Getting in shape to play Catwoman in the new Batman movie has cost actress Anne Hathaway her shapely rear.
18th August 2011
Fact: Anne Hathaway showed off her gangsta rapping skills on late-night TV in America on Tuesday (16Aug11) when she took aim at the paparazzi with a verse "in the style of Lil Wayne". The rhyme began, "I'm a paparazzi/I don't play no Yahtzee/I go pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop/My camera's up your crotch..."
11th August 2011
Quote: "He's amazing, best Brit I ever kissed." Anne Hathaway on her One Day co-star Jim Sturgess.
8th August 2011
Quote: "She was really lovely. I felt connected and bound to her, and I would always wish I was doing a scene with Anne. When it was an Emma and Dex day I felt good about it." Actor Jim Sturgess on playing Anne Hathaway's love interest in upcoming movie One Day.
7th July 2011
Fact: Anne Hathaway helped host a lavish charity ball in France on Wednesday night (06Jul11) to raise money for supermodel Natalia Vodianova's Naked Heart Foundation. The event featured fashion shows and music from Bryan Ferry and Groove Armada.
27th June 2011
Quote: "In the grand scheme of things, I got to have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I met great people, wore beautiful clothes. And I got to put on a show. I don't see a downside. Anyone who disliked my personality probably disliked my personality before the Oscars." Anne Hathaway remains upbeat about her critically-savaged Oscars hosting gig.
15th April 2011
Quote: "I just bought an Audi... It was dropped off at a friend's house and the friend lives at the top of a hill and it took me 20 minutes to get down to the bottom of the hill because the wheel wasn't working... I called my boyfriend to say, 'I'm having car troubles...' and he came and rescued me by turning the car on. It's fancy, there's a button." Anne Hathaway felt stupid driving off in her new car.
15th April 2011
Quote: "I saw Nicole Kidman there and I love her movies so much and she's such a beautiful star... and that was the moment that the penny dropped for me for what I was doing and what it meant." Anne Hathaway on her magic moment as Oscars co-host.
7th April 2011
Quote: "None of the actors worked together. So it was weird to be in this vacuum. You're just in a recording studio by yourself making noises. Getting to see the finished product was a real gift because I had no idea what everyone else's process was." Actress Anne Hathaway found it strange working on her first animated movie, Rio. Jesse Eisenberg, Jamie Foxx, and Glee star Jane Lynch also voice characters in the film.
6th March 2011
Fact: An Oscars skit, in which co-hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway revamped Grease as an arthouse movie, was cut from the Academy Awards telecast - because it didn't work amid their quirky show-opening tribute to the nominated films, according to producer Bruce Cohen.
1st March 2011
Quote: "I don't know if you know but in addition to hosting the Oscars and being nominated himself, he's also, like, a student at two different universities... I think he's out (at class) now... As soon as the show was done he hopped on a plane... I just partied." Anne Hathaway on her studious Oscars co-host James Franco.
1st March 2011
Fact: Anne Hathaway and Gwyneth Paltrow cashed in at the Oscars - they were both paid big bucks to wear designer jewellery. Co-host Hathaway was reportedly paid $750,000 (£500,000) to wear Tiffany & Co. gems onstage, while Paltrow took home $500,000 (£333,000) to wear earrings, a brooch and ring from Louis Vuitton's L'Ame du Voyage collection as she sang Country Strong's nominated Best Song Coming Home.
28th February 2011
Quote: "It used to be, you get naked, you get nominated. Not anymore, not anymore." Oscars co-host Anne Hathaway jokes about not landing a nomination for stripping off in her 2010 romantic drama Love and Other Drugs.
27th February 2011
Quote: "One of the reasons I was excited about Anne hosting is you know, I thought I had a shot. But there's a boyfriend around, so those dreams have been shot." James Franco was disappointed to learn his Oscars co-host Anne Hathaway was already taken.
26th February 2011
Quote: "Alec Baldwin, when I ran into him a couple of weeks ago, said, 'The thing to remember is it's not about you.'" Anne Hathaway on the Oscars hosting advice she received from last year's (10) emcee.
25th February 2011
Quote: "My folks are super-duper excited. I have the best parents in the world. They are as excited for me hosting the Oscars as they were when I was the lead in a school play." Actress and Oscars co-host Anne Hathaway is always making her parents proud.
25th February 2011
Fact: James Franco and Anne Hathaway will lampoon scenes from Evita and Grease during the Oscars telecast on Sunday (27Feb11).
11th February 2011
Quote: "I plan to break a toenail." Anne Hathaway insists she'll be breaking a sweat during dance sequences when she co-hosts the Oscars with James Franco.
4th February 2011
Quote: "I'm dying to be a mum. I'm not ready for it yet but it's one of the joys of life that I'm looking forward to so very much." Anne Hathaway is feeling broody.
3rd February 2011
Quote: "She's not a bratty Hollywood actress - she's smart. And she had to do a Leeds accent, which is a tough one to get your mouth around, even if you're English. She did an amazing job." Jim Sturgess was impressed by Anne Hathaway's take on a regional British accent while filming romantic comedy ONE DAY.
31st December 2010
Quote: "I'm dying to be a mother. I'm not ready for it yet, but it's one of the joys of life that I'm looking forward to so very much." Anne Hathaway hopes to become a parent one day.
21st December 2010
Quote: "I’m happy to take the criticism. Even if it’s 'The Worst Oscars Ever,' I don’t care. It’s one night of the year. I’m front and center, but… I feel confident." James Franco on hosting next year's (27Feb11) Academy Awards with Anne Hathaway.
5th December 2010
Quote: "I've never met her before. (But) we're text message buddies now. We have good text chemistry." James Franco has befriended Anne Hathaway via text after the actors were announced as the co-hosts of the 2011 Academy Awards.
30th November 2010
Quote: "I found out that I'm one of three women to host since... I think it was 1987. Maybe I'm the fourth, I'm not sure. I'm still learning all the amazing statistics that I almost don't want to know because it gets a little bit too intimidating." Anne Hathaway is delighted to be hosting the upcoming 2011 Oscars ceremony with James Franco.
20th November 2010
Quote: "I am thinking of starting a band. We'd play one chord! I thought it'd be kind of cool (to call it) Orange and the 99s." Actress Anne Hathaway jokes about her imaginary band.
19th November 2010
Quote: "There is that revoltingly embarrassing moment when you have to take your clothes off in front of strangers. I mean, I don't go to the beach in a bikini for a reason." Anne Hathaway on stripping for sexy new movie LOVE & OTHER DRUGS.
19th November 2010
Fact: Anne Hathaway and Denzel Washington will host the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway on 11 December (10). The show will feature performances from Elvis Costello, Robyn, Barry Manilow and Herbie Hancock.
19th November 2010
Quote: "I've had a pretty illustrious career at this point and the hardest thing was pretending to be turned on by Anne Hathaway, and I pride myself, I can really pull that off!" Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhaal jokes about his natural attraction to his LOVE & OTHER DRUGS co-star ANNE HATHAWAY.
19th November 2010
Quote: "It's very much like football; there are plays and you have to look for holes in her defence! I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that!" Actor Jake Gyllenhaal tries to explain how sex scenes with his LOVE & OTHER DRUGS co-star Anne Hathaway had to be carefully choreographed to appear tasteful onscreen.
18th November 2010
Quote: "We did this little movie called Brokeback Mountain together. We'd cinematically been devirginised... Sixty per cent of the movie we don't have our clothes on." Jake Gyllenhaal was comfortable working with Anne Hathaway as his onscreen lover again in new movie LOVE & OTHER DRUGS.
18th November 2010
Quote: "On the day I shot the scene where I have to remove my trench coat and be nude underneath I thought we were filming, but it turned out we were just rehearsing and I got unnecessarily naked in front of a lot of people. But hey, I just did my job." Anne Hathaway mistakenly stripped off on the set of her new movie LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS.
16th November 2010
Quote: "Ed did get naked with us for one shot. It terrified me and he was so eager to do it too. I just wish we were shooting some kind of horror film. We could use that as a close up!" Director Edward Zwick stripped to make Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway feel more comfortable during their sexy scenes on LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS - but managed to do the opposite.
12th November 2010
Quote: "There's a line in The Devil Wears Prada that keeps popping into my mind, which is, 'A million girls would kill for this job.' That's my life, you know?" Anne Hathaway feels fortunate to have found success.
3rd September 2010
Fact: The cropped pixie-style haircut Anne Hathaway is sporting on the Paris set of her new romantic comedy ONE DAY is a wig.
1st July 2010
Quote: "There is this vegan bakery in NYC called BabyCakes. I just bought its cookbook, and I'm having so much fun. The apple pie is heaven." Anne Hathaway is mastering vegan cuisine.
3rd March 2010
Quote: "He did wear the 3D glasses... I don't think anybody got a photo of that." Anne Hathaway reveals British royal Prince Charles really got into new movie Alice in Wonderland at the London premiere.
27th February 2010
Quote: "I'm looking forward to seeing my fake nose in the film. I always think I've got a funny face anyway. I watch myself in films and think my face is really weird." Anne Hathaway on playing the White Queen in Tim Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
15th February 2010
Fact: Actress Anne Hathaway experienced her first kiss while on a movie date to see Disney movie POCAHONTAS.
10th February 2010
Quote: "I think I've got really weird features. I have very large features on a very small head. But, you know, I'm not going to beat myself up. It's my face. I'm not very pretty. But that's OK because I do know that I look like myself, and I think at the end of the day, as nice as pretty is, authenticity is more important." Actress Anne Hathaway doesn't consider herself a Hollywood beauty.
5th February 2010
Quote: "If I could give my teenage self some advice, looking back on it all now, I would tell myself not to take it all so seriously. Ultimately, you can be a great actor and an a**hole, but what's the point?" Anne Hathaway regrets letting the fame go to her head after shooting to fame in hit movie The Princess Diaries.
5th February 2010
Quote: "I have a bra from Brokeback Mountain and now I have the White Queen's knickers (from Alice In Wonderland). They're white and frilly and I wore them the other day actually." Anne Hathaway steals undergarments from her films.
5th February 2010
Quote: "To say that I truly thought I was 'it' is perhaps the biggest understatement ever." Anne Hathaway insists she got carried away at the start of her career.
3rd February 2010
Quote: "I play the White Queen. When I was trying to work her out, I kept saying to myself, ‘She is a punk-rock, vegan pacifist.’ So I listened to a lot of Blondie, I watched a lot of Greta Garbo movies." Anne Hathaway on how she got into character for her role in new movie ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
3rd February 2010
Fact: Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway will mix with royalty at the London screening of their new movie ALICE IN WONDERLAND - the new Tim Burton adventure has been chosen as this year's (10) royal premiere and will be attended by Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall.
31st January 2010
Quote: "I thought I knew everything. I was hopelessly fat-headed at the time. It was a heady thing so young, and the fame got to me." Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway admits she let fame go to her head when she shot to stardom in 2001 Disney movie The Princess Diaries.
25th January 2010
Quote: "If designers want to dress me then I am at the larger end of the Hollywood scale so they have to be fine with that." Anne Hathaway refuses to follow the size zero trend.
6th July 2009
Quote: "I think my dressing room has a ghost. And he doesn't like profanity. I said a really nasty word several times and the lid of a box popped off while I was saying it, and there's no reason why it would." Actress Anne Hathaway had a spooky encounter while performing in the New York production of William Shakespeare play TWELFTH NIGHT.
22nd June 2009
Quote: "I don't want to be the girl who shows up tipsy. But wouldn't it be fun? Wouldn't it be fun someday to be a grande dame who can get away with anything?" Anne Hathaway on the payoff of avoiding a hard-partying lifestyle as a young actress.
22nd June 2009
Quote: "There are enough reality-TV stars out there who clearly want attention and fame. I personally don't think they know what they're getting into, but it's a very human instinct. I never wanted to be famous. I just wanted to act. So it's very odd." Actress Anne Hathaway on the pitfalls of fame.
9th June 2009
Quote: "I'm terrified and I'm insanely honoured... I can't wait to get started." Anne Hathaway on playing Judy Garland onstage and on film.
19th April 2009
Quote: "When I found out that they wanted me to come and do a voice I flipped out. It might be one of the most - if not the most - exciting things that's ever happened to me." Anne Hathaway is delighted to be voicing a new character on The Simpsons. The actress will play Bart's crush Jenny.
17th March 2009
Quote: "I did it with Johnny Depp. I went to visit Anne Hathaway on the set of ALICE IN WONDERLAND and I walked right past him. I couldn't even look at him. He was right there!" Actress Emily Blunt was starstruck when she came face to face with her idol.
28th February 2009
Quote: "I had a spray tan done once and wound up looking like an orange zebra. When it came off, I was so pale, I looked like a giraffe with leprosy. And I smelled like nachos and maple syrup. It was not a good idea." Actress Anne Hathaway is not a fan of bronzing treatments.
24th February 2009
Quote: "In 10 years I'd like to be a mum, be in love, own property and have travelled Asia." Actress Anne Hathaway, 26, on her goals for the next decade.
23rd February 2009
Quote: "There's so many... I'd have to say being in Hugh Jackman's arms and him carrying me on stage!" Anne Hathaway on her favourite moment of the Academy Awards on Sunday (22Feb09). The actress joined the X-Men star on stage for a song and dance number as part of the night's musical entertainment.
12th February 2009
Quote: "(I'd like to meet) Anne Hathaway. I want to see if her eyes are that big in real life." Independent Spirit Awards host Steve Coogan on his celebrity hit list at the 21 February (09) prizegiving.
23rd January 2009
Quote: "I used to want to be British very badly and to sound British. Having the sense of humour and the natural self-deprecation would have been nice, too. But if you're like that in America, people just think you've got abysmally low self-esteem." Anne Hathaway has secret aspirations to be a Brit.
16th January 2009
Quote: "I would want to be head babysitter. I'd love to be First Babysitter, absolutely. I'll just go up and do performances for his kids all day and just keep them entertained. They seem like really sweet girls." Anne Hathaway dreams of babysitting President-elect Barack Obama's two daughters.
15th January 2009
Quote: "I couldn't be more thrilled. I think we have such a wonderful man as our president now, and everyone is ready for change." Actress Anne Hathaway is ecstatic she's bagged a ticket to attend President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony on Tuesday (20Jan09).
9th January 2009
Quote: "I was a little nervous just because... there have been other years where I'd hoped 'Maybe...' there's a slim chance I could be nominated and I wasn't, so I got a very good friend of mine to sleep over just in case I needed someone to cry with the next morning but I got a good call, so we danced around the kitchen and made eggs." Anne Hathaway on her Golden Globe Awards nomination.
8th January 2009
Quote: "I went to (department store) Target... We were shooting in Stamford, Connecticut and there was a Target there, so I would go there and get great deals - like a $7 nightgown - and buy some great bras." Anne Hathaway on how she relaxed after shooting tense late-night scenes in RACHEL GETTING MARRIED.
7th January 2009
Quote: "Kate Hudson has the fastest texting thumbs in Hollywood." Anne Hathaway on her BRIDE WARS co-star.
5th January 2009
Quote: "There's just no touching her, so the fact that anybody could ever think that we deserve to be recognised in the same year is a dream come true." Anne Hathaway can't believe she's up for a Golden Globe Best Actress award with her idol and The Devil Wears Prada co-star Meryl Streep.
16th December 2008
Fact: Actress Anne Hathaway showed off her generous nature by helping out at the Feeding America event at New York's Renaissance Cafe on Monday (15Dec08).
6th November 2008
Quote: "Whenever Meryl Streep has a movie like DOUBT, she is the sole front-runner. I haven't even seen it (film) and I know I'm not going to beat that." Anne Hathaway doesn't fancy her Oscar chances up against her The Devil Wears Prada co-star.
4th November 2008
Fact: Natalie Portman dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood for Drew Barrymore's Halloween night costume party. Liv Tyler went as Charlie Chaplin and Anne Hathaway was a corpse bride.
30th September 2008
Quote: "I like the film I just made with Jonathan Demme (RACHEL GETTING MARRIED) and I like my performance in Brokeback Mountain. The rest of the stuff, I just think it's good, but it's not great. It reveals to me what I am, which is a very young actress who has a lot to learn." Anne Hathaway.
17th September 2008
Fact: Charlize Theron, Rihanna, Anne Hathaway and Sarah Jessica Parker have joined U.S. First Lady wannabe MICHELLE OBAMA on People magazine's coveted 10 Best Dressed Stars list. Fergie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson also make the cut.
10th September 2008
Quote: "A game plan - keep fooling them, keep hoping no one wakes up." Anne Hathaway lacks confidence in her own acting abilities.
5th September 2008
Fact: Jodie Foster and Anne Hathaway have become the latest big names to join the cast of cartoon series The Simpsons. The actresses' voices will be heard in upcoming episodes of the hit show - Foster will play Maggie, the family's baby, as a grown-up, while Hathaway will portray Bart Simpson's girlfriend.
20th August 2008
Quote: "She's one of my favourites - always has been. I think that's an insult to Audrey Hepburn." Actress Anne Hathaway laughs off comparisons to the classic BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S star.
15th August 2008
Quote: "I must confess that I can be a bit of a control freak. But generally I try to be a good person." Actress Anne Hathaway likes to be in charge.
6th August 2008
Fact: TV ON THE RADIO rocker TUNDE ADEBIMPE will star alongside Anne Hathaway in forthcoming film RACHEL GETTING MARRIED. The movie will be directed by Silence Of The Lambs filmmaker Jonathan Demme.
18th June 2008
Quote: "One of my favourite things to wear on a night out is a short turtleneck minidress. Everything up top is covered... and then it's all about your legs." Actress Anne Hathaway likes to show off her legs.
17th June 2008
Quote: "We did flaming shots of absinthe on the last night of filming. It's like paint thinner, unbelievably strong. I makes you messed up for days." Actress Anne Hathaway enjoyed a heavy night of boozing with her GET SMART castmates to celebrate the film wrapping.
28th May 2008
Quote: "I think that people had this idea that I sat at home and sucked on lollipops and ate cotton candy while I watched cartoons - wearing a tiara." Anne Hathaway on her good girl reputation.
20th May 2008
Quote: "I go skydiving. I do my own stunts. But the idea of calling the pizza guy frightens the hell out of me". Actress Anne Hathaway is terrified of talking to strangers on the phone.
30th April 2008
Quote: "I wanted to get some dance in to try to get the grace of the character." Anne Hathaway used dance to prepare for her all-action role in GET SMART.
14th March 2008
Quote: "I can't eat fried food. All I'll say is that I found out the hard way it upsets my stomach - while I was on a date." Anne Hathaway avoids fried food.
7th February 2008
Fact: Actress Anne Hathaway will collect the Female Star Of The Year award at the movie industry's ShoWest Convention in Las Vegas in March (08).
9th August 2007
Quote: "In New York, when the weather gets really, really appalling and miserable, it makes me happy. It's nice that everyone's miserable together. You go in the subway and everyone just looks like they want to kill you, and that's nice." Anne Hathaway enjoys the stifling humidity of summer in New York.
6th August 2007
Quote: "I know I'm not a good celebrity. I'm boring and closed and probably seem very safe." Actress Anne Hathaway isn't a party animal.
3rd August 2007
Fact: Anne Hathaway has been given a limited edition Timex Event watch, worth $4,000 (GBP2,000). The actress' timepiece is the second of 45 created to honour the 45th anniversary of Italian designer VALENTINO.
22nd July 2007
Fact: Bruno Tonioli, one of the judges on hit U.S. reality show Dancing With The Stars, taught actress Anne Hathaway how to dance for family movie Ella Enchanted.
17th July 2007
Fact: The Princess Diaries star Anne Hathaway was the first choice to play struggling mum-to-be ALISON SCOTT in hit new comedy KNOCKED UP. The part eventually went to GREY'S ANATOMY star Katherine Heigl.
16th July 2007
Quote: "I'm pretty bad entertainment - I'm not particularly well dressed, and I haven't graduated from college. I think you should like Natalie Portman a lot more." Brokeback Mountain star Anne Hathaway insists acting peer Portman is much better tabloid material than she is.
14th July 2007
Quote: "Could a squeaky-clean girl know all the lyrics to TEACHES OF PEACHES? I mean, my favourite song is called F**K THE PAIN AWAY." Brokeback Mountain star Anne Hathaway is tiring of her good-girl image.
7th June 2007
Fact: Anne Hathaway was originally cast in Katherine Heigl's role in new comedy KNOCKED OUT, but backed out because the birthing scenes were too graphic.
8th March 2007
Quote: "All of a sudden, I had a million dollars in the bank! I could fill this room with ones! That was definitely a moment when I thought, 'I am definitely never going to have student loans.'" The Devil Wears Prada star Anne Hathaway recalls the moment she received her first pay cheque.
7th March 2007
Quote: "Everybody smokes more and says c**t a lot." US actress Anne Hathaway found it a different experience working with an all-British cast on BECOMING JANE.
6th March 2007
Fact: Rachel McAdams has turned down a variety of roles including the romantic leads in MISSION: Impossible III and Casino Royale and Anne Hathaway's parts in The Devil Wears Prada and the upcoming GET SMART.
19th February 2007
Quote: "I knew I had to work twice as hard as everyone else because I'm American. It was essential not to be too British, too hoity-toity, to avoid sounding like Helen Mirren in THE QUEEN and rough it up a bit instead." Actress Anne Hathaway opted for a less-than-posh British accent for her role as JANE AUSTEN in new movie BECOMING JANE.
7th February 2007
Quote: "I'm too pale. And I don't drive." Anne Hathaway explains why she has no plans to move to Los Angeles.
15th January 2007
Quote: "The week is for difficult, emotional stories, and the weekend is for Drew Barrymore." Actress Anne Hathaway loves to snuggle down with her favourite Barrymore movies at the weekend.
27th October 2006
Quote: "My new rule is that there has to be one aspect that scares the bejesus out of me. As long as any script has that, then I feel comfortable doing it." The Devil Wears Prada star Anne Hathaway on selecting new film roles.
20th September 2006
Quote: "I will go after a part, but if it means hurting someone, I won't do it. I have limits; I won't do anything to get it. I mean, I've never done a drive-by shooting or anything like that." Anne Hathaway plays fair during auditions.
19th September 2006
Quote: "I learned that fashion magazines don't have numbered pages, so they can make you read all the advertisements first." The Devil Wears Prada star Anne Hathaway on what she learned from starring in a movie about the fashion world.
18th July 2006
Quote: "I liken it to being a ball girl at the US Open and suddenly you're asked to play in the finals. You know you're probably not going to be much competition but you're going to have fun. I knew I was playing with an ace." Anne Hathaway on starring alongside screen veteran Meryl Streep in THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA.
29th June 2006
Quote: "We made a pact to become fat communists!" Anne Hathaway jokes that her and co-star Meryl Streep long for a simpler life after playing thin fashion fanatics in THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA.
26th June 2006
Quote: "I've been a fashion whore since the womb. Actually, I love design. I'm more an interior-design whore." Anne Hathaway has been researching for her role as a fashion magazine assistant in THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA since before birth.
24th June 2006
Quote: "As I was getting out of the limo, a gust of wind revealed a slit in the back of the dress. I was standing there bare-a**ed in front of the Four Seasons." Anne Hathaway experiences an embarrassing fashion disaster at the premiere of her new movie The Devil Wears Prada.
21st June 2006
Fact: Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway didn't wear Prada at the New York premiere of new film The Devil Wears Prada. Instead the actresses opted for Valentino gowns.
16th June 2006
Quote: "I do debaucherous things all of the time. You just don't read about it." THE PRINCESS DIARIES star Anne Hathaway has a well-hidden wild side.
6th June 2006
Quote: "Other young actresses are starlets. I'm not. I'm a theatre dork." BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN star Anne Hathaway.
17th May 2006
Quote: "Look, I'll never be Kate Moss. I'm not the most stylish person in the world, but one of the great things I've gleaned so far from following fashion is that I know how to dress for my shape." Anne Hathaway, who stars in the fashion-focused film The Devil Wears Prada.
8th May 2006
Quote: "We have a rule, which is that we don't go two weeks without seeing each other." Actress Anne Hathaway on how she keeps romance alive with her Italian real-estate developer beau RAFFAELLO FOLLIERI.
4th May 2006
Quote: "I would tell her I knew she had a good take when they would yell 'cut' and I felt like I had to vomit." Actress Anne Hathaway was intimidated by co-star Meryl Streep's nasty character in The Devil Wears Prada.
2nd May 2006
Quote: "Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal actually were, this is going to sound vulgar, but they were two big notches on my belt." BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN star Anne Hathaway, on working with two of her male idols.
19th April 2006
Fact: GREY'S ANATOMY star Katherine Heigl is replacing Anne Hathaway in KNOCKED UP, the latest project from THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN writer/director Judd Apatow about a guy who impregnates his one night stand.
1st March 2006
Fact: The Princess Diaries actress Anne Hathaway will star as British novelist JANE AUSTEN in the film BECOMING JANE. The film focuses on a love affair Austen began as a 20-year-old with brilliant, roguish Irishman TOM LeFROY, that inspired her career as one of the world's most romantic writers.
3rd December 2005
Quote: <p>"There are people in this world that when you see them act, you feel like they're dipping into your soul and pulling out your feelings. When I met her I said, `Hi, I'm Annie,' and then I just started crying." Anne Hathaway admits she was overcome with emotion when she met her idol Angelina Jolie. </p>
30th November 2005
Fact: <p>THE PRINCESS DIARIES star Anne Hathaway is planning on playing bridesmaid when her gay brother MICHAEL weds his boyfriend JOSH next spring (06). </p>
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