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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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Amy Adams
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: August 20
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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'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 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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If I had a project that I had auditioned for and I was getting close to getting it, I didn't want to tell anybody because I thought then I wouldn't get it, but in reality that really had no bearing on whether or not I got a part.
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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 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 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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I like Cinderella - she has a good work ethic and she likes shoes.
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Look, I can carry a baby! I'm gaining weight right, everything's going well.
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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 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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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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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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We’re only here briefly. And while I’m here I want to allow myself joy.
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