My mom's a nurse so I'd kind of grown up with, around medicine which is probably why I became an actress instead. Rachel McAdams More Quotes by Rachel McAdams More Quotes From Rachel McAdams I love auditioning. Since “The Notebook” and “Wedding Crashers,” I don’t have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don’t audition. What if they hate what I want to do? Rachel McAdams notebook hate character 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 fairytale kids thinking I've been given lots of great advice, in my life. As an actor, just being as honest and as present as you can be. Rachel McAdams just-being actors advice 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. Rachel McAdams love-is people thinking I'm not an amazing cook, but I can follow a recipe. Rachel McAdams cooks i-can recipes I definitely believe that you are drawn to certain things for inexplicable reasons, but in a very powerful way. I don't know what it is exactly, but I know that things happen kind of miraculously sometimes, and so I'm willing to believe that there's something pretty magical out there. Rachel McAdams powerful believe way I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward. Rachel McAdams certain curiosity I personally think you can have a really rich and full life with no abs. Abs are for wimps. Rachel McAdams wimps rich thinking I love books where you can't get out of bed. You want to consume them in one sitting, devour them. Those are my favorites, where you've almost abandoned your life for them. That doesn't happen every time, but those are the best. Rachel McAdams bed sitting book I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off. Rachel McAdams syrup crazy running I confess I am a romantic. I love romance, and I think it's really fun and delicious and some of my favorite films are love stories. I think that you just get a chance to fall in love with the characters so much and you get to explore their lives so deeply. Rachel McAdams falling-in-love fun character We were there [ in the newsroom] through the elections [2008] so it was quite a frenzy going on. The other thing I learn is that journalists are very messy. Rachel McAdams messy journalist election I find it's a very positive movement and something you can do every day in little ways. Our philosophy on the website (www.greenissexy.org) is not to have green guilt, do what you can. Rachel McAdams movement guilt philosophy I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things. Rachel McAdams cry i-can spiritual You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it. Rachel McAdams knows dresses You really don't have a life when you're working. I always think "oh, I'm gonna see everybody on my days off. I'm gonna read so many books and see so many films" and then three months go by. Rachel McAdams days-off book thinking Running through airports with pounds of luggage - that's a good workout. Rachel McAdams workout running travel Selfishly I'd like to have invisibility because I've always wanted to go into other people's houses and see what they look like and just watch them interact. Rachel McAdams house watches people I do think having a mother as a nurse who's a very kind of compass - , she's so compassionate and she really unfortunately would take her work home with her sometimes. Rachel McAdams mother home thinking I want my own cloak. I mean, that's also up in the air that you know - . I haven't really thought about it because it's you know, really is sort of to be determined. I think the success of the film [Doctor Strange] determines that. Rachel McAdams air mean thinking
