Amanda Peet

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. ”

When I make a change, like when I found out I had high cholesterol, I just changed my lifestyle. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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 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. ”

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. ”