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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The thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up.

Amanda Peet

I think getting drunk is the key to flying comfortably. A couple of bloody marys or several glasses of champagne, and suddenly it's like you're on a roller coaster.

Amanda Peet

If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat.

Amanda Peet

There aren't many roles that are interesting if you're a 40-year-old woman, unless you're Julia Roberts or Cate Blanchett.

Amanda Peet

I don't clean, I don't make the bed. I spend my salary. I worry a lot. I just don't worry about socks on the floor.

Amanda Peet

If you take 'Cheers' and 'Seinfeld' and watch the early shows, they're kind of awkward. It took a while for the writers and everything to gel.

Amanda Peet

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

Amanda Peet

If there were some recipe that would make all of our children really sane and civic-minded and hugely intelligent, I think we'd probably all do it. But I don't know that there is a recipe for creating that.

Amanda Peet

I have a fairly realistic idea about what my gifts and limitations are.

Amanda Peet

I think you have to be in an insane stratosphere in terms of fame in order to get offered really well-written scripts. Amanda Peet is definitely not in that group.

Amanda Peet

I like playwriting because it's rooted in a single location with actors standing talking to each other.

Amanda Peet

I see a lot of homes that are supercool, and everything is very tasteful, but it's not warm. I'm really scared of rooms that look too serious.

Amanda Peet

When you're an actor, you can be hindered by your own narcissism.

Amanda Peet

I'm interested in people who are very close to the people who commit crimes.

Amanda Peet

Since I got a really bad review when I was, like, 28 in 'The New York Times,' I don't read reviews anymore.

Amanda Peet

I'd like to be someone on 'Games of Thrones.'

Amanda Peet

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.

Amanda Peet

Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.

Amanda Peet

I'm technologically an imbecile. But I do use the camera phone!

Amanda Peet

Author Bio

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