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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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Amy Adams
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: August 20
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Amy Lou Adams
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