Amanda Peet Quotes
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There aren't many roles that are interesting if you're a 40-year-old woman, unless you're Julia Roberts or Cate Blanchett.
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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.
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Someone with a figure like Jennifer Aniston has a trainer, a cook spinning out some version of the latest diet, and probably a stop at the tanning salon.
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I do know that I think children should be vaccinated because that affects the health of all the other children.
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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.
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If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat.
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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.
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I usually try on at least 20 pairs of jeans before I find something that looks good on me. And even then, I have a trustworthy friend tell me if my butt looks big!
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He can't even be at a casual read and not be creating the whole thing in his mind. I remember feeling very awed about how much he still seems to be so in love with it, and so dedicated to making everything really real and really spontaneous.
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When you're an actor, you can be hindered by your own narcissism.
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Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.
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I think when you're a bigger star you get many good scripts sent to you, and you have to choose which one you're going to gravitate toward, but I just try to gravitate toward the best-written one that's been thrown my way after a lot of girls have passed on it.
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There's a very small group of elite actresses who are my age, who people want to work with. It's not easy to get a good job with good actors.
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I'd like to be someone on 'Games of Thrones.'
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Since I got a really bad review when I was, like, 28 in 'The New York Times,' I don't read reviews anymore.
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I think children should be vaccinated because that affects the health of all the other children.
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I think you have to be in an insane stratosphere in terms of fame in order to get offered really well-written scripts. Amanda Peet is definitely not in that group.
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I don't know if those things work, where you do, like, this crash diet or crash starvation. It's just not something I've ever been into.
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When I make a change, like when I found out I had high cholesterol, I just changed my lifestyle.
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I'm a big fan of gallows humor. When my aunt passed away, she was in a coma for a day before my cousins pulled the plug. And the amount of joking and base humor that went on that day around her bed was so insane. It's crazy how people talk when something horrible is happening.
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I love getting dressed up and having someone do my make-up and feeling pretty.
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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.
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As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.
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I would do a musical, but I can't sing.