Amy Adams Quotes
I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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Acting is in your soul.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I'm excited about it. It's like making new friends.
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I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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My favourite place to eat is my grandma's kitchen. She makes a mean crab cake.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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I've been in some bad TV shows and suffered through so much poor writing.
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Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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I think the actresses who are really successful are the ones who are comfortable in their own skins and still look human.
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When my father passed away and then when later on I gave birth, those are sort of ground-breaking experiences that put everything else into perspective.
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But hey, when you live in Watts, you need a little smack to get by, you know what I mean? You need something soft and comfortable in your life, 'cause you're not going to get it from what's around you. And society isn't going to give it to you.
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You can be in Ohio and shoot your own web series, if you want. If this had been around when I was in high school, I can guarantee you that my friends and I would have been shooting our own television shows and putting them online and trying to get as many hits as possible.
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I like to have met someone in real life before being their Facebook friend.
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I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.
