Amy Adams
Amy Adams
Amy Lou Adamsis an American actress and singer. She began her career on stage performing in dinner theatre and went on to make her feature film debut in Drop Dead Gorgeous. After moving to Los Angeles, she made several appearances on television and in B movies before portraying the part of Frank Abagnale's girlfriend in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can. Her breakthrough role came in the 2005 independent film Junebug, in which she played a young pregnant woman,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth20 August 1974
CityVicenza, Italy
CountryUnited States of America
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 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.
I've always really loved action films, but I don't see myself as a superhero girl.
I'm one of seven kids. That'll keep your ego in check.
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.
One of my least favorite things about being even remotely recognizable is that I'm not allowed to watch in the same way anymore. You try not to hide from the world because you want to still participate and still be inspired by what's around you.
I was a huge Ann-Margret fan, and I wanted to be like her.
I thought 'Out of Africa' would be a beautiful ballet.
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.
I'm really good at gymnastics, and that's about it.
I'm lucky enough to get really interesting and diverse roles offered to me, and I just hope that that continues. I just want to keep expanding as an artist and really try new things.
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.
The illusion of perfection is an illusion anyway.
I was blonde most of my life and I had to dye my hair for a role. I couldn’t believe the difference when I went red. I just felt ‘wow, I’m home’. It’s great. You do something stupid when you’re blonde and you’re dumb. Do something stupid when you’re red and you’re a character.