Amy Adams Quotes

During my first photo shoot, I was unhappy because they put so much makeup on me and straightened my hair. I've been stubborn ever since.

If you saw me without concealer, you would see that I have raccoon eyes. And I think my forehead is too small. I am not quintessentially beautiful. I am photogenic, but that's only because I have learned how to make the best of what I've got from the make-up artists I have worked with.

I don't feel comfortable without my makeup on. I've got to have my lipstick! I just don't feel like the same person, and I don't like the way I look without makeup.

When I was younger, I used to be very afraid of doing anything out there with my makeup because I felt like my hair was such a big, strong piece.

I say this in the spirit of feminist encouragement, but I think I'm pretty hot. I've got all the facial features, facing the right way, at the right end, and you can always paint over the bad bits with makeup.

I love wearing makeup! It's just that if you choose not to wear it, that's OK. And if you choose to wear it, that's OK as well.

I'm not a girl who needs to put on a whole face of make-up before I leave the house.

I don't want to be about the way I look - my body, my hair, my makeup, all those boring things.

I know some women are intimidated by makeup.

I feel more confident if my makeup looks good.

I have really big features, so a little makeup goes a long way. I would hate to look like a clown.

I felt like I was not a cute kid, and I remember seeing people transform. It was actually when my sister was in the beauty pageants and I was in some pageants. I didn't win any. I always got that like, participant trophy, but I fell in love with the way makeup could transform people.

I wear more eyeliner on TV, but otherwise, I pretty much look like my real life self.

I think that it should be every woman's choice, depending on how she feels comfortable. I can't think of any objective reason why you should wear makeup unless it makes you feel good.

I'm not a great beauty. That's not me.

I thinned them out real thin once and it just didn't look like me. I know it was in style to have really thin eyebrows, but it didn't look right on my face.

I just like to look beautiful sometimes.

I do expose my body, but only because I think people should have something nice to look at.

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.

I empathise with the fact that people want to look their best. A hat is all about how it makes you feel - it's so much better than a nip and tuck, and a lot less painful.

I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn't see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I'm older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl.

I'm wondering if I made the right decision about hair and makeup.

I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so transformative.

If you want to do what you want to do, you have to look a certain way.