Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet
Amanda Peetis an American actress and author who has appeared in film, stage, and television. After studying with Uta Hagen at Columbia University, Peet began her career in television commercials, and progressed to small roles on television, before making her film debut in 1995. Featured roles in the 2000 comedy film The Whole Nine Yards brought her wider recognition...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth11 January 1972
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
If there were some recipe that would make all of our children really sane and civic-minded and hugely intelligent, I think we'd probably all do it. But I don't know that there is a recipe for creating that.
Mark and jay Duplass really like to improvise. Even if we beg them to go back to the script, they invariably ask us to go "off the rails," as they like to call it. It's just the way they work. You get a full written script. And it's really, really, really good, so that's why it's kind of peculiar that they always want you to improvise, because if I wrote something that good, I would want everyone to stick to the dialogue that was written.
I try to be really hippie about things. I'm uptight in all the ways that are really important, but the things my husband and family can benefit from my uptightness, I'm completely lacking.
I think once I was in high school - I had boyfriends and stuff like that, but I think when I was younger, I went through a period where I looked like a boy, and people thought I was a boy.
Beauty is only skin deep. If you go after someone just because she's beautiful but don't have anything to talk about, it's going to get boring fast. You want to look beyond the surface and see if you can have fun or if you have anything in common with this person.
I think network television is really hard because it has to sail right away. HBO's so much more nurturing, patient. They think it takes a while for a show to kind of congeal and figure out what its strong spots are.
I love getting dressed up and having someone do my make-up and feeling pretty.
As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.
If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat.
Since I got a really bad review when I was, like, 28 in 'The New York Times,' I don't read reviews anymore.
My writing philosophy is throwing spaghetti against the wall. That's how I take pictures, too. If I take 100, surely one will be good.
In a romantic comedy, it's usually a good idea to have people who can't stand the fact that they are attracted to each other.
If you think about it, there aren't that many women who are in their 40s, who are Jewish and funny and stage-worthy.
I'm interested in people who are very close to the people who commit crimes.