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Amy Adams Biography

Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress. She is known for both her comedic and dramatic performances, and as of 2017 is among the highest-paid actresses in the world. She has received several awards, including two Golden Globes, and has been nominated for five Academy Awards and six British Academy Film Awards.

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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.

Acting, Broadway, Film, Probably

The illusion of perfection is an illusion anyway.

Anyway, Illusion, Perfection

That's how I prepare for anything - I read whatever I can get my hands on, talk to people. I'm a bit of a nerd like that.

Hands, Like, Nerd, People, Prepare

You're nothing to me until you're everything

Everything, Hustle, Nothing

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.

Order, Challenges, Shooting, Challenging, Thing, Levels

I don't intentionally try to find the scripts with unattractive characters, but I think that if a character is described in a script as heart-stoppingly beautiful, and there's nothing else said about her, it just doesn't hold a lot of interest for me.

Beautiful, Character, Described, Heart, Hold, Script

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

Character, Driven, Place, Trust, Work, Writers

I do believe that you don't have to act like a man to be strong. You can still be feminine.

Act, Believe, Men, Strong

If you're not excited by it, why do you do it?

Excited, Ifs, Meaningful

In high school, I was so painfully self-aware that how I thought of myself was probably very different from what other people thought of me. I thought of myself as just painfully awkward and dorky. I had a lot of hair and was kind of weird. I sang a lot in the hallways.

School, Hair, Self, High, Hallways, Probably

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.

Hogwash, Kind, Letting Go, Realized, Superstitions

I'd love to be a diva. But I'd then have to send so many apology notes for my abhorrent behaviour.

Abhorrent, Apology, Behaviour, Diva, Love, Send

You know, I love traveling and I love being exposed to different cultures, but really it's the people that I've met along the way, not the places I've been, that have opened my eyes.

Different, Eye, Love, Love Is, Opened, People

I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.

Awards, Define, Interested, Real, Tried, Views

We’re only here briefly. And while I’m here I want to allow myself joy.

Allow, Briefly, Joy, 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.

Crisis, Existential, Felt, Oscars, Sitting, Taken

Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body - meaning that it wasn't put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit. I was like, 'Look, I can carry a baby! I'm gaining weight right, everything's going well. ' And I've had that relationship ever since.

Baby, Beauty, Like, Meaning, Swimsuit, Swimsuits

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

Actresses, Declared, Insecure, Long

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

Good, Gymnastics

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.

Acting, Hollies, Holly, Like, Moment, People

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