Amy Adams Quotes

I like taking a path into new country, and I always take the darker path. Not because it's dark, but because there's a secret there that you can share when you get out. That's what I liked as a kid. That's how I approach my work. With a face like mine, it's lucky I have a heart that likes that.

I think life is about having the mixture of the curiosity of an older person and the imagination of a child.

I have always said 'yes' to opportunities and experiences.

I think at any age, you can stay open and creative and excited.

Reading is as much a part of life as any part, and it's life itself. And it allows us to live other lives that we might not have lived if we hadn't picked up those books.

A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.

Children haven't changed - the world around them has. Their basic natures haven't changed. They like ice creams. They like to have fun, play games if they get space.

Childhood is a long, long road, from which that dark whispering forest of death seems an impossible destination.

I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.

Trying different things is very important to me. I see people and want to wear their clothes and drive in their cars for awhile. That's probably one reason I became an actor.

The world is my workshop. It is not my home.

Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.

I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.

When you're a little kid, you are small, your life is small - and you're terrifically aware of that. But when you read, you can ride Arabian horses across the desert, you can be a dogsledder.

I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.

No matter what you're doing, live it. Make an experience. Have fun. Relate to someone. Take them in. Learn.

I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself.

Every western I did and will do; I will do it for the never ending young kid inside of me.

Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

One of the fantastic things about books, fiction or non-fiction, is the way they give you a chance to look into different lives.

I like down-to-Earth characters, but I also like being able to get outside my box of knowledge.

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.

My children just want to get at the world; it is so pleasantly surprising to witness that.