Anna Kendrick's June 2015 Glamour Cover Interview

GLAMOUR: The audience for the first film was 74 percent women on opening weekend.

AK: Yeah. [But] it's not like the humor excludes men. My favorite thing on Twitter is guys being like, "Listen: I'm not a pussy, but Pitch Perfect is awesome." I'm like, "I didn't think you were a pussy, sir."

GLAMOUR: The sequel is bigger, with pyrotechnics, lasers, and smoke machines. You even have a scene with Snoop Dogg.

AK: I'm telling you, the man had nail art: clear with gold tips and gold designs over the clear. The man is a trendsetter.

GLAMOUR: He's always been cool. Your character, Beca, tries to be cool but can't pull it off.

AK: I feel like you can't get an audience to like your character if she's actually cool, but you can if she's trying to be cool and sometimes fails. My favorite Beca is Struggling, Awkward Beca because I think that's who we all are. We want to be like Cool Beca, and we're not.

GLAMOUR: Pitch Perfect 2 is one of eight films you've got in the works. In 2013 you said, "I think I made too many movies last year." It sounded like you were going to slow down. So…what happened?

AK: I know. I like working hard, as long as it's not motivated by fear. I don't want to keep doing it just because I'm afraid to take a break.

GLAMOUR: Meaning, the fear that this might end?

AK: There's always that. As an actress you're perpetually about to be unemployed. That fear—when you have two parents who worked 9-to-5 jobs and went through periods of being unemployed—is real. Those were not welcome times in my childhood. Working 14 hours a day isn't sustainable, but I prefer it [to doing fewer films]. I might as well be doing the thing that I wanted to do my whole life.

GLAMOUR: The discussion about gender bias in Hollywood is more public than ever. What do you make of that?

AK: All the films nominated [for a Best Picture Oscar] this year had male leads. Like, every single one. So I'm glad that [equality's] feeling like a bigger issue now.

GLAMOUR: How are actresses treated differently than actors?

AK: There's [a film I'm considering] now where I have to wait for all the male roles to be cast before I can even become a part of the conversation. Part of me gets that. [But] part of me is like, "What the f--k? You have to cast for females based on who's cast as males?" To me, the only explanation is that there are so many f--king talented girls, and from a business standpoint it's easier to find women to match the men. I totally stand by the belief that there are 10 unbelievably talented women for every role.

GLAMOUR: Given that, do you feel more competitive with other actresses because you're fighting for a small number of great roles?

AK: I don't think it makes you more competitive. If anything, it bonds you because we're all dealing with the same problem.

To read the full interview, pick up the June issue of *Glamour *on newsstands or download it for your tablet now.