Amy Adams quotes

Amy Adams is an American actress known for her versatility and expressive performances in film and television. Her work has been widely praised, earning her multiple Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. She continues to be regarded as one of the most talented actresses of her generation. Here are 47 of her 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.

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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 find that it's the simple things that remind you of family around the holidays.

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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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I have worked with some of the meanest people in the world. You can't do anything to intimidate me.

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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!

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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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Being an actress hasn't made me insecure. I was insecure long before I declared I was an actress.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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How I work is I work from of very character-driven place. And I trust the writers.

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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.

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I'm really good at gymnastics, and that's about it.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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The Muppets have such a great tradition of bringing together all of genres of actors and all ages of actors.

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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.

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Occupation: American Actress
Born: August 20, 1974
Quotes count: 47

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