"I don't think a naked body is particularly shocking or interesting," the 27-year-old "True Blood" star told Nylon for its September issue.
"It's not the culture I was raised in," Paquin said. "I was not brought up in the United States. I don't share the [attitude] that you can have graphic violence, but -- God forbid -- you see someone's nipples."
It helps that Paquin, who plays Sookie Stackhouse on the show, has her nude scenes with Stephen Moyer, to whom she became engaged this summer.
"You're not having to sort of get over the 'Wow, I'm naked with someone that I don't even know the middle name of!' " she told AOL Television recently.