Rachel McAdams quotes

Rachel McAdams is a Canadian actress known for her versatile roles in both romantic dramas and comedies. International recognition came with her performances in films such as "The Notebook," "Mean Girls," and "Spotlight." She continues to captivate audiences with her talent and charisma on screen. Here are 44 of her quotes:

The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.

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I use filming as an excuse to take classes. I got my certification in sailing for 'Wedding Crashers,' and now I can handle a 26-foot boat. I played a seamstress once, so I took sewing classes. I love dipping into these other lives.

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I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.

Rachel McAdams

I've had heartbreaking auditions where they don't even look at you. You're out before you're in.

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I've been able to stay afloat and also get to do things that are fun. I don't know where that puts me in the grand scheme of things but I've really enjoyed the journey and the course it's taken so far.

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I'm still employed and that's a good thing. I've gotten to do a wide variety of things and different roles. I've met different kinds of challenges on each and every film and I never get bored.

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Running through airports with pounds of luggage - that's a good workout.

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I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things.

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I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off.

Rachel McAdams

You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.

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I always wish I could go back and see the people that I love as children.

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I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.

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I'm a hopeless romantic and I believe that you can find love in many different places and be very conflicted. I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.

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I think love is the through line and it's universal and it doesn't matter what period of time, time or place, or people, that's something we all connect to. That's the thin thread that I think keeps it altogether.

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New York is so full of the best unemployed actors on the planet.

Rachel McAdams

A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. That's why the scenery is so flat.

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You know I never used to be a bad flyer, but I did start to have a fear of flying after I shot a movie where I was terrorized on a plane. I made Wes Craven's 'Red Eye'. I don't think they're linked but it does make me pause and wonder if they are, so perhaps I will explore that in therapy some day.

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I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.

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If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry, I really do feel bad,' but then I'm on the floor rolling.

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The craziest thing I've ever done to get a guy's attention? I admit I stalked someone. I showed up at a restaurant where I knew the guy worked, and we were actually good friends and had lost touch, and I pretended that I didn't know he worked there.

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I'm very silly as a person, but quality silliness on-screen has more of an art to it. Harrison Ford, whom I was in 'Morning Glory' with, has mastered that dry funny better than anyone.

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I do have a side of me that would just love to be stuck in the woods and have to stick it out and be really resourceful.

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