Amy Adams
I have to say I've been lucky in that way in that I've been able to go from different films and different genres with different challenges.
I still think I'm like the poor girl from Colorado who worked three jobs to buy a car. That's still my mentality, so I'll be walking down the street, and I forget what I do and who I am.
When you're picking up and moving, it does create... well, I can sleep anywhere, which is really useful, it turns out, on movie sets. But what it really does is teach you how to adapt and change and fit into a new group or school, and that really is a lot like turning up to a new movie project and finding your place.
I find that it's the simple things that remind you of family around the holidays.
Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body - meaning that it wasn't put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit.
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.
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.
I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras.
My dad is a singer. He used to sing in nightclubs, or pizza joints.
School was hard for me. If there had been a school for the creative arts, I might have thrived, but... I needed that creative outlet so much. Also, I'm just bad with numbers.
My natural response to a stressful situation is to shut down. I do weird things, like, I don't cry, I get really cold.
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.
Once I moved to L.A., there was a dark moment of trying to keep up with the girls I thought were pretty. Until I realised that's the stupidest thing you can do because people are so pretty in L.A.!
Find out who you are & embrace it. It's so much easier to face criticism when you are comfortable in your own skin.Collection: Criticism
The illusion of perfection is an illusion anyway.Collection: Perfection
I find that in life all you can do is try to be honest about who you are and how you're feeling, and trust that it will be received in the correct way.Collection: Feelings
We’re only here briefly. And while I’m here I want to allow myself joy.Collection: Joy
If you're not excited by it, why do you do it?Collection: Meaningful
I do believe that you don't have to act like a man to be strong. You can still be feminine.Collection: Strong
I like Cinderella - she has a good work ethic and she likes shoes.Collection: Fashion
You're nothing to me until you're everything.Collection: Hustle
Falling in love is a crazy thing to do. It's kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity.Collection: Falling In Love
That's always been my philosophy: I try to just be as straightforward as possible, and then I don't really have to question what I said or regret anything.Collection: Regret
A man who's powerful and strong yet is able to show tenderness and vulnerability, that's really sexy.Collection: Sexy
I have a hard time articulating the emotional experience of working on a film. Even when I have meetings on films or discussing them with directors, I find that’s my biggest challenge. Different words mean different things to people.Collection: Mean
I think there are certain people that you'll always want to impress no matter how much success you have.Collection: Thinking
You know, I love traveling and I love being exposed to different cultures, but really it's the people that I've met along the way, not the places I've been, that have opened my eyes.Collection: Eye
I can be very polite, and I think that people can confuse that for all sorts of things... But I'll take that over people assuming that I'm smart just because I'm short and rude.Collection: Smart
One of my least favorite things about being even remotely recognizable is that I'm not allowed to watch in the same way anymore. You try not to hide from the world because you want to still participate and still be inspired by what's around you.Collection: Trying
Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body - meaning that it wasn't put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit. I was like, 'Look, I can carry a baby! I'm gaining weight right, everything's going well.' And I've had that relationship ever since.Collection: Beauty
It’s just very homey in Ireland. It’s very comforting and comfortable. There’s lots of fireplaces with fires. It’s just really cozy.Collection: Fire
I've always been really comfortable around athletics, I've just never been comfortable playing anything.Collection: Athletics
Whitney Houston came in. Someone dared me to do "the Gap act" on her. You know, the Gap act. So I went up to her like I didn't know who she was, and I said, 'Hi, I just wanted to let you know about our sale items and make sure to check out our new colors'. She looked at me like I was crazy.Collection: Crazy
I saw some musicals at dinner theaters where I grew up. But I didn’t go to a big theater to see one until probably after I graduated from high school when I took myself to see Tommy when it was on tour. I absolutely loved it.Collection: School
I've always really loved action films, but I don't see myself as a superhero girl.Collection: Girl
Look, I can carry a baby! I'm gaining weight right, everything's going well.Collection: Baby
Working with green screen, you really rely on the director in a way that you don't on different types of films.Collection: Directors
I probably never would have been hired on Broadway had I not moved out to LA and pursued acting and film, which is sad really.Collection: Acting
I watched The Muppet Movie obsessively. I can still pretty much say a lot of the lines and do a pretty mean Fozzie Bear.Collection: Mean
I have a small child, so the idea of getting up at 3 a.m. to train before a day of shooting... I just don't have it in me, although I have so much respect for people who do.Collection: Children
Anyone who falls in love is a freak. Its like a socially acceptable form of insanity.Collection: Falling In Love
I was a huge Ann-Margret fan, and I wanted to be like her.Collection: Like Her
I always want to defeat supervillains - it's just the chicken-and-broccoli diet that I'm not into.Collection: Want
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.Collection: Taken
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.Collection: Stupid
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.Collection: Artist
I always saw myself as more of a watcher, although I suppose my siblings might have a different viewpoint on it.Collection: Sibling
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.Collection: Beautiful
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.Collection: Mean