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Amanda Peet, born on January 11, 1972, is an accomplished American actress known for her remarkable performances in both film and television. She gained widespread recognition for her role in 'American Beauty' and 'Sex and the City'. Peet's acting career began in the early 1990s, and she has since become a familiar face in the industry, celebrated for her unique and genuine acting style.

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

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“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.”

Force Differences Vision Scene Directors Males France Formidable Nancy Botox

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“I certainly don't believe in love at first sight. I definitely believe in a lot of chemistry and lust at first sight. I think that love is something that takes work.”

Thinking Firsts Believe Love Is Sight Don't Believe Lust Chemistry Love At First Sight Believe In Love Don't Believe In Love

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“When I read "The Whole Nine Yards" I was like, 'Okay, this is a G-spot role'.”

Whole Roles Okay Nine Spots Yards

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“Mark and jay Duplass really like to improvise. Even if we beg them to go back to the script, they invariably ask us to go "off the rails," as they like to call it. It's just the way they work. You get a full written script. And it's really, really, really good, so that's why it's kind of peculiar that they always want you to improvise, because if I wrote something that good, I would want everyone to stick to the dialogue that was written.”

Ifs Way Want Kind Asks Written Mark Sticks Scripts Dialogue Peculiar Rail

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“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.”

Way Want Feels Mean Hands Jobs Love Is Style Storyteller Dig Deep Improvising

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“I have a feeling there is no ideal situation, unless she could go back in time and be 22 again. I think some of it is just kind of the shock of realizing that you're approaching middle age, or that you are middle-aged and kind of coming to terms with that in whatever incremental ways.”

Thinking Way Kind Feelings Age Term Realizing Situation Middle Ideals Shock Middle Ages Middle Aged Back In Time Go Back In Time

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“I would have done anything. I just really love the Duplass brothers. I was at a place where I was desperate for good writing. It wasn't the part that attracted me to it; it was just to be able to work with them. And the fact that she's this kind of, like, loose cannon and this kind of desperate 40-year-old is just the icing on the cake.”

Writing Years Kind Done Facts Able Brother Desperate Cake Good Writing Cannons Icing Icing On The Cake

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“I think it took me a long time to realize that you can't really score unless someone passes you the ball. The older you get as a woman, it's fewer and far between. The material isn't there.”

Thinking Long Realizing Materials Long Time Balls Score Fewer

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“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.”

I Can Heard Reviews Because I Can Control Myself

Author:Amanda Peet

“I'm still trying to write. I wrote a play a few years ago, so I'm trying to start writing again. The play was called The Commons Of Pensacola. It was at MTC [Manhattan Theatre Club] with Sarah Jessica Parker and Blythe Danner. It was kind of like a riff on Ruth Madoff.”

Writing Trying Years Kind Stills Play Years Ago Clubs Theatre Manhattan Jessica Ruth Madoff Jessica Parker

Author:Amanda Peet

“I wrote a play before that and it never saw the light of day. And then I started working on this play and it came out really quickly. Eventually I got it, and I wrote a letter to Sarah Jessica Parker and she wanted to do it. So that's how it happened.”

Play Light Wanted Saws Happened Letters Jessica Jessica Parker

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“They talk about a lot of different things, but I think they definitely have the same school of thought as my husband [Games Of Thrones creator David Benioff], which is that the difference between being a writer and not being a writer is finishing.”

Thinking Different School Games Differences Husband Creator Different Things My Husband Thrones Finishing

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“They [Mark and Jay Duplass] both have young kids and talk about parenting all the time. So they get it. So they knew that it was a very delicate time and they knew that it was a lot. All it did was make me want to protect them from - and protect production from - any kind of burden.”

Want Kind Kids Young Protect Mark Productions Burden Delicate

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“I think network television is really hard because it has to sail right away. HBO's so much more nurturing, patient. They think it takes a while for a show to kind of congeal and figure out what its strong spots are.”

Thinking Kind Hard Shows Strong Figures Television Patient Spots Sail Nurturing Hbo

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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 with this person.”

Ifs Want Looks Persons Beautiful Fun Common Beauty Skins Boring Surface Having Fun Skin Deep Beauty Is Skin Deep Beauty Is Only Skin Deep Beauty Skin Deep

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

Ifs Giving Giving Up Chocolate Cheese Heartbeat Cheesy

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

Feelings Dressed Up Getting Dressed Getting Dressed Up Feeling Pretty

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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.”

People Want Age Jobs Actors Easy Groups Actresses Elites Good Job Easy To Get Good Actors Small Groups

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“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.”

Thinking Like You Keys Couple Glasses Flying Drunk Airplane Bloody Champagne Roller Coaster Coasters Getting Drunk Eyeglasses

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

Writing Actors Roles Focus Findings Attacking Good Writing

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“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.”

Worry Bed Clean Salary Sock

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

Thinking Should Children

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

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

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“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.”

Ifs Kind Shows Watches Cheer Awkward

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

Reading Scripts Warm

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

Ifs Years Interesting Roles Old Woman Julia

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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!”

Ifs Trying Looks Bigs Pairs Jeans Trustworthy Trust Worthy

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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 passed on it.”

Thinking Way Trying Girl Stars Written Bigger Scripts My Way Thrown

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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.”

Mind Stills Real Whole Feelings Seems Remember Fear Creating Dedicated Real Love Spontaneous Casual Spontaneity

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“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.”

People Thinking School Stuff Boys Periods High School Like A Boy

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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.”

Way Trying Important Husband Benefits My Husband Lacking Hippie Uptight

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“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.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Children Creating Intelligent Our Children Sane Recipes Civics Civic Minded

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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.”

Figures Versions Cooks Diets Spinning Trainers Jennifer Salons Tanning

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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.”

Years Wells Character Lasts Mom Ten My Mom Ties Related

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“~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.~”

Trying Littles Would Be Romance Perfect Creatures Parenting Surprise Motherhood Bittersweet Humbling Helm Cuddling

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“You have to put your own oxygen mask before you put on others... It's a good metaphor for parenting”

Metaphor Motherhood Mask Oxygen

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“If you're not willing to sound stupid you don't deserve to be in love.”

Ifs Sound Stupid Willing Deserve Lot Like Love

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Born: January 11, 1972
Known for: Actress
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