Amy Adams Quotes, Thoughts and images

Find out who you are & embrace it. It's so much easier to face criticism when you are comfortable in your own skin.

The illusion of perfection is an illusion anyway.

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

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

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

Falling in love is a crazy thing to do. It's kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity.

I like Cinderella - she has a good work ethic and she likes shoes.

You're nothing to me until you're everything.

A man who's powerful and strong yet is able to show tenderness and vulnerability, that's really sexy.

I think there are certain people that you'll always want to impress no matter how much success you have.

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

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

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.

I always want to defeat supervillains - it's just the chicken-and-broccoli diet that I'm not into.

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.

I always saw myself as more of a watcher, although I suppose my siblings might have a different viewpoint on it.

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

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.

I thought 'Out of Africa' would be a beautiful ballet.

I was the dork in high school who sang musical numbers up and down the hallways.

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.

I'm one of seven kids. That'll keep your ego in check.

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?

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.