Quotes by Amanda Peet

About Amanda Peet:

Amanda Peet is an American actress 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 films such as the 2000 comedy film The Whole Nine Yards brought her wider recognition.
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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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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 wit...

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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.

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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 do know that I think children should be vaccinated because that affects the health of all the other children.

Amanda Peet

I think children should be vaccinated because that affects the health of all the other children.

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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 somet...

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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 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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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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As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.

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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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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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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 pa...

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If you think about it, there aren't that many women who are in their 40s, who are Jewish and funny and stage-worthy.

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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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I love getting dressed up and having someone do my make-up and feeling pretty.

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I'd love to work with Joan Cusack again - I'm obsessed with Joan Cusack.

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Well, my mom is single and we've both been single at the same time over the last ten years, so I really related to the bond between my character and Diane's.

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Whenever I was with Kevin Pollak, I had to leave the room.

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Author Bio

  • NameAmanda Peet
  • DescriptionAmerican actress
  • BornJanuary 11, 1972
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor; Writer