Amanda Peet Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

In a romantic comedy, it's usually a good idea to have people who can't stand the fact that they are attracted to each other.

I don't know if those things work, where you do, like, this crash diet or crash starvation. It's just not something I've ever been into.