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 like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl.
It's a surprise to me, and not because I'm not proud of the work, ... But I've been out here 61/2 years, so it feels foreign. But then again, if it helps bring attention to the film, I think it's a special little film and I want people to get to know it.
It's a tough category to predict. I certainly don't expect to win. I don't typically prepare speeches. Maybe I'll do a little internal list of people I want to thank.
It was a lot of fun. I felt like I was being allowed to sit at the big kids' table. It was very overwhelming - all of the history in that room.
That's the bottom line -- that no one gets hurt, no one gets injured, or hurts someone else while they're on the road.
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.
School was hard for me. If there had been a school for the creative arts, I might have thrived, but... I needed that creative outlet so much. Also, I'm just bad with numbers.
I research every part thoroughly. I talk it out with my actor friends, but then I throw it all away when I get to the set. You have to be spontaneous.
I like not being noticed. It has been a struggle because I love performing, but if I'm in a group of people and someone has a bigger personality, I'm like, 'Go ahead, and have fun!'
I knew I wanted to be a performer, but I didn't know I would specifically be in film. I actually never thought I would be in film. I always envisioned being on the stage.
I'm not the kind of actress who asks a lot of questions of my directors unless it's something I really need to know.
I think that I've always been attracted to characters who are positive and come from a very innocent place. I think there's a lot of room for discovery in these characters, and that's something I always have fun playing.
Most of the time it's the parents who recognise me. They try to tell their kids, 'Look, it's Giselle,' and I say, 'No, no, no, don't ruin this for them,' because I'm usually standing there with my hair sideways and no make-up on. And the kid is saying, 'That is not Giselle. No way. That is some worn-out girl who really needs a bath.'
My dad is a singer. He used to sing in nightclubs, or pizza joints.