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"I think that in itself is kind of an amazing achievement to be able to say that your full-time career is in any creative arts, let alone a show that has kept people interested for coming on four seasons and hopefully more"

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Paquin’s line isn’t modesty so much as a quiet audit of an industry built to make creative work feel temporary, conditional, and a little bit lucky. By calling a full-time career in the arts “in itself” an achievement, she’s acknowledging the economic weirdness of acting: the job is glamorous on camera and precarious off it, with long stretches where success is measured less by talent than by whether the phone rings. The praise is aimed outward, but it doubles as self-defense against the cultural reflex to treat performers as overpaid or unserious. She’s insisting the labor counts.

The second move is even sharper: “let alone a show that has kept people interested.” That phrase frames longevity as the rarest currency. She’s not bragging about ratings; she’s crediting audience attention as something you earn and can lose, especially in serialized TV where viewers are fickle and networks are ruthless. “Coming on four seasons” carries the subtext of survival. Four seasons means you’ve made it past the cancellation cliff, past the “was that just a moment?” phase, into the territory where a cast can start to imagine stability.

“Hoping for more” is the diplomatic coda, but it’s also an incantation. In television, nothing is real until it’s renewed. Paquin’s intent is to express gratitude without sounding naive, and to mark success as something collective: craft, audience, timing, and the fragile machinery of a show that keeps the lights on.

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Paquin, Anna. (2026, January 15). I think that in itself is kind of an amazing achievement to be able to say that your full-time career is in any creative arts, let alone a show that has kept people interested for coming on four seasons and hopefully more. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-that-in-itself-is-kind-of-an-amazing-140250/

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Paquin, Anna. "I think that in itself is kind of an amazing achievement to be able to say that your full-time career is in any creative arts, let alone a show that has kept people interested for coming on four seasons and hopefully more." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-that-in-itself-is-kind-of-an-amazing-140250/.

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"I think that in itself is kind of an amazing achievement to be able to say that your full-time career is in any creative arts, let alone a show that has kept people interested for coming on four seasons and hopefully more." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-that-in-itself-is-kind-of-an-amazing-140250/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born July 24, 1982) is a Actress from Canada.

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