Amanda Peet Quotes

If you’re not willing to sound stupid you don’t deserve to be in love.

I would do a musical, but I can’t sing.

I don’t read reviews, as a rule. I can’t, because I can’t control myself. But I’ve heard that [the Duplasses] were happy, so that’s good.

~One surprise of motherhood for me was how little control I have. I thought it would be a blissful romance with me at the helm, cuddling this little creature. It’s been bittersweet and humbling to let her lead and to not try to be perfect myself.~

You have to put your own oxygen mask before you put on others… It’s a good metaphor for parenting

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.

I think once I was in high school – I had boyfriends and stuff like that, but I think when I was younger, I went through a period where I looked like a boy, and people thought I was a boy.

Although arguably, it’s my job to dig deep whether I’m improvising or not. It’s just their style. That’s the way they feel like they get what they want. I mean, they’re really good storytellers, so I love being in their hands.

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.

Nancy has her vision and she’s a formidable force to be reckoned with, and that’s similar to most of the male directors I’ve worked with. The only difference is probably inbetween scenes, gossiping with Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand and Nancy Meyers about who’s had Botox and who hasn’t.

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!

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.