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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?

Amy Adams

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Amy Adams
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: August 20
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Amy Lou Adams
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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 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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Being an actress hasn't made me insecure. I was insecure long before I declared I was an actress.
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Anyone who falls in love is a freak. Its like a socially acceptable form of insanity.
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I was a huge Ann-Margret fan, and I wanted to be like her.
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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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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.
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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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I'm one of seven kids. That'll keep your ego in check.
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I find that it's the simple things that remind you of family around the holidays.
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