Amy Adams quotes

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. (Amy Adams)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I find that it's the simple things that remind you of family around the holidays. View quote
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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. View quote
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I have worked with some of the meanest people in the world. You can't do anything to intimidate me. View quote
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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! View quote
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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. View quote
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Being an actress hasn't made me insecure. I was insecure long before I declared I was an actress. View quote
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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. View quote
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I thought 'Out of Africa' would be a beautiful ballet. (Amy Adams)
I was the dork in high school who sang musical numbers up and down the hallways. View quote
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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. View quote
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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? View quote
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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. View quote
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How I work is I work from of very character-driven place. And I trust the writers. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm really good at gymnastics, and that's about it. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (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. View quote
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I used to have a lot of superstitions, and then I realized that it was kind of hogwash. Once I let go of them, I relaxed a lot. View quote
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The Muppets have such a great tradition of bringing together all of genres of actors and all ages of actors. View quote
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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. View quote
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