Amy Adams Quotes - Page 2

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• When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused of being a bit of a spitfire, so in that way, I absolutely live up to the stereotype. The red hair suits my personality. I was a terrible blonde!

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  Hair, Personality, Blonde

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• It's always challenging when you're shooting a film. Shooting things out of order and keeping continuity on all levels is always for me the most challenging thing.

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  Order, Challenges, Shooting

  Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. November 25, 2007.

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• I didn't get into acting to have a moment, I got into it because of people who've inspired me, like Judi Dench, Holly Hunter, and Jodie Foster.

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  People, Hollies, Acting

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• I was a pretty scrappy, tough kid; I got in all sorts of fights at school. I defended myself - boys didn't mess with me. But as one of seven children, you have to fight for everything anyway.

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  Children, School, Kids

  "Amy Adams: punching above her weight" by Sophie Heawood, www.theguardian.com. January 22, 2011.

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• Perfect isn't normal, nor is it interesting. I have no features without makeup. I am pale. I have blond lashes. You could just paint my face - it's like a blank canvas. It can be great for what I do.

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  Makeup, Perfect, Interesting

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• I always want to defeat supervillains - it's just the chicken-and-broccoli diet that I'm not into.

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  Want, Defeat, Chickens

  Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 6, 2013.

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• I had an existential crisis at the Oscars, sitting next to Sean Penn and Meryl Streep, and being like, 'What am I doing here? I don't belong here'. I felt like it could all be taken away.

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  Taken, Sitting, Oscars

  'Insecure' Amy Adams, www.femalefirst.co.uk. June 03, 2013.

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• I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it so much easier when I don't have to hear my own voice.

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  Character, Voice, Wish

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• Thirty was a big deal for me. It was the age where I reevaluated everything - how I approached life and how I thought about myself. When I look at my 20s, or when I look at any period in my life, I think about how much time I've wasted trying to find the right man.

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  Men, Thinking, Age

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was blonde most of my life and I had to dye my hair for a role. I couldn’t believe the difference when I went red. I just felt ‘wow, I’m home’. It’s great. You do something stupid when you’re blonde and you’re dumb. Do something stupid when you’re red and you’re a character.

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  Stupid, Believe, Home

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• I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies.

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  Girl, Dream, Princess

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• I'm lucky enough to get really interesting and diverse roles offered to me, and I just hope that that continues. I just want to keep expanding as an artist and really try new things.

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  Artist, Interesting, Trying

  "2011 Golden Globe nominee for her performance role in The Fighter explains why becoming a mother has made her enjoy acting more". Interview with Travis Smiley, www.pbs.org. December 15, 2010.

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• I always saw myself as more of a watcher, although I suppose my siblings might have a different viewpoint on it.

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  Sibling, Different, Viewpoints

  Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 6, 2013.

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• That's how I prepare for anything - I read whatever I can get my hands on, talk to people. I'm a bit of a nerd like that.

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  Hands, People, Nerd

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• Being an actress hasn't made me insecure. I was insecure long before I declared I was an actress.

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  Insecure, Long, Actresses

  "July cover star: Amy Adams". Interview with Tamsin Crimmens, www.elleuk.com. June 3, 2013.

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• I don't intentionally try to find the scripts with unattractive characters, but I think that if a character is described in a script as heart-stoppingly beautiful, and there's nothing else said about her, it just doesn't hold a lot of interest for me.

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  Beautiful, Heart, Character

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• I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just being open and accepting.

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  Thinking, Musical, Just Being

  "Amy Adams On Set Interview THE MUPPETS". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. June 20, 2011.

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• I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm afraid I will always feel the weight of a lie. I'm very hard on myself anyway. Religious guilt carries over too. You can't really misbehave without feeling badly about it. At least, I can't.

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  Religious, Lying, Impact

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I thought 'Out of Africa' would be a beautiful ballet.

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  Beautiful, Ballet, Would Be

  Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 6, 2013.

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• Moving out to L.A. for me was a leap of faith. I was very secure in my dinner theater world; I loved it, and I was just like, 'I think there's something else out there for me and I just have to go for it.'

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  Moving, Thinking, Leap Of Faith

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• My job as an actress is to make things work and come up with reasons of my own and not just fill in the blanks for anybody else, you know what I mean?

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  Jobs, Mean, Actresses

  "An interview with Amy Adams". Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. January 8, 2003.

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• What I respect in people more than anything is work ethic. And Justin Timberlake's got that. He works his tail off, and he knows his stuff.

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  People, Work Ethic, Tails

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• Some of these actresses or public personas who are very public about their disciplined diets, more power to them. I just don't see the point. Do you know, the people I love as actresses, I've never, ever sought out pictures of them to see what they look like in a swimsuit.

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  Mean, People, Looks

  "Amy Adams: Her 'Allure' Photo Shoot". Interview with Judith Newman, www.allure.com. June 17, 2013.

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• I always have directors who are somewhat frustrated because they'll reference a beautifully obscure film from the '50s or '60s or '70s, and I've not seen it.

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  Frustrated, Directors, Film

  Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 6, 2013.

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• I was the dork in high school who sang musical numbers up and down the hallways.

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  School, Numbers, Musical

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