Amy Adams Quotes

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• 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…
• 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…
• I'm pretty Sicilian if I've been crossed. I don't seek revenge, but I never forget. And I make it hard to repair, which is not…
• How I work is I work from of very character-driven place. And I trust the writers.
• 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…
• I have worked with some of the meanest people in the world. You can't do anything to intimidate me.
• As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it.
• Being an actress hasn't made me insecure. I was insecure long before I declared I was an actress.
• I didn't get into acting to have a moment, I got into it because of people who've inspired me, like Judi Dench, Holly Hunter, and…
• 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…
• I find that it's the simple things that remind you of family around the holidays.
• I graduated high school and I didn't have a skill set and I didn't want to go to college. I needed a job.
• 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…
• I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it so much easier when I…
• I probably never would have been hired on Broadway had I not moved out to L.A. and pursued acting and film, which is sad, really.
• I thought 'Out of Africa' would be a beautiful ballet.
• 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…
• I was the dork in high school who sang musical numbers up and down the hallways.
• I watched 'The Muppet Movie' obsessively. I can still pretty much say a lot of the lines and do a pretty mean Fozzie Bear.
• 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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