I'd love to be a diva. But I'd then have to send so many apology notes for my abhorrent behaviour. Amy Adams More Quotes by Amy Adams More Quotes From Amy Adams 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 shoes hard-work girl Find out who you are & embrace it. It's so much easier to face criticism when you are comfortable in your own skin. Amy Adams skins criticism faces I do believe that you don't have to act like a man to be strong. You can still be feminine. Amy Adams strong men believe The illusion of perfection is an illusion anyway. Amy Adams illusion perfection I find that in life all you can do is try to be honest about who you are and how you're feeling, and trust that it will be received in the correct way. Amy Adams feelings trying way 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! Amy Adams blonde personality hair I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it so much easier when I don't have to hear my own voice. Amy Adams voice wish character A man who's powerful and strong yet is able to show tenderness and vulnerability, that's really sexy. Amy Adams sexy powerful strong We’re only here briefly. And while I’m here I want to allow myself joy. Amy Adams want joy That's always been my philosophy: I try to just be as straightforward as possible, and then I don't really have to question what I said or regret anything. Amy Adams regret trying philosophy Thirty was a big deal for me. It was the age where I reevaluated everything - how I approached life and how I thought about myself. When I look at my 20s, or when I look at any period in my life, I think about how much time I've wasted trying to find the right man. Amy Adams age men thinking I was a pretty scrappy, tough kid; I got in all sorts of fights at school. I defended myself - boys didn't mess with me. But as one of seven children, you have to fight for everything anyway. Amy Adams kids children school 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. Amy Adams girl jobs thinking Perfect isn't normal, nor is it interesting. I have no features without makeup. I am pale. I have blond lashes. You could just paint my face - it's like a blank canvas. It can be great for what I do. Amy Adams makeup perfect interesting Falling in love is a crazy thing to do. It's kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity. Amy Adams falling-in-love crazy love-is 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 Jodie Foster. Amy Adams hollies acting people 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. Amy Adams princess girl dream I can be very polite, and I think that people can confuse that for all sorts of things... But I'll take that over people assuming that I'm smart just because I'm short and rude. Amy Adams smart people thinking I always want to defeat supervillains - it's just the chicken-and-broccoli diet that I'm not into. Amy Adams chickens defeat want I had an existential crisis at the Oscars, sitting next to Sean Penn and Meryl Streep, and being like, 'What am I doing here? I don't belong here'. I felt like it could all be taken away. Amy Adams oscars taken sitting
