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I'm pretty Sicilian if I've been crossed. I don't seek revenge, but I never forget. And I make it hard to repair, which is not a great quality because if people held me to that standard, no one would be around me - ever.
Amy Adams
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I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl.
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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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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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Find out who you are & embrace it. It's so much easier to face criticism when you are comfortable in your own skin.
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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.
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I do believe that you don't have to act like a man to be strong. You can still be feminine.
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The illusion of perfection is an illusion anyway.
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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.
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As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it.
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I was the dork in high school who sang musical numbers up and down the hallways.
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A man who's powerful and strong yet is able to show tenderness and vulnerability, that's really sexy.
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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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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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I always want to defeat supervillains - it's just the chicken-and-broccoli diet that I'm not into.
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We’re only here briefly. And while I’m here I want to allow myself joy.
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I'd love to be a diva. But I'd then have to send so many apology notes for my abhorrent behaviour.
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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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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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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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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.
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I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.
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Look, I can carry a baby! I'm gaining weight right, everything's going well.
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I do love shoes that make my legs longer. I have the upper body of someone who's 5ft 8in, so high heels help me even out the discrepancy.
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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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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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I have worked with some of the meanest people in the world. You can't do anything to intimidate me.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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You're nothing to me until you're everything.
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I'm really good at gymnastics, and that's about it.
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Working with green screen, you really rely on the director in a way that you don't on different types of films.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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Being an actress hasn't made me insecure. I was insecure long before I declared I was an actress.
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I thought 'Out of Africa' would be a beautiful ballet.
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I'm one of seven kids. That'll keep your ego in check.
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I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.
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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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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.
Amy Adams
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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.
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If you're not excited by it, why do you do it?
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Falling in love is a crazy thing to do. It's kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity.
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I like Cinderella - she has a good work ethic and she likes shoes.
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