Quotes from Amber Heard

I can sit in front of the TV and watch an old romantic film and be transfixed.

I am just like any other girl, a sucker for romance.

It's my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit.

I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even if they are beautiful. Even more, I would love to see women held to different standards, other than the superficial ones that we're held to.

I'm looking to find good stories, not big commercial pieces of work.

When I go into making a movie, personally, I don't try to bring other pieces of movies with me.

I went to a Catholic school but did not really fit in.

I want to be an artist. I don't want to be a celebrity.

Even though I don't believe in God, I feel strangely compelled to fight the atheist label.

One of the biggest challenges in my job is letting go of the movie once you go home at night, and knowing you can't do anything to your performance once you've laid it on film.

I buy records - vinyl. I have a record player at home.

If I were a man, I'd be allowed to play roles that were compelling and drove an audience to an emotional response.

It is really hard when you spend your life living out of a suitcase. But it really does weed out superficial people - if someone is still with you after the second movie, then they're probably a good one! I like to trust people in general - it's the southern girl in me.

My very best friend died in a car accident when I was 16 years old. That was the hardest blow emotionally that I have ever had to endure. Suddenly, you realize tomorrow might not come. Now I live by the motto, 'Today is what I have.'

I think there's an instinct to make grotesque horror films that are purely carnal, like the 'Saw' movies.

I buy records - vinyl. I have a record player at home.

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

I don't know if I've owned a piece of technology that I hated - I don't think I would have owned it then.

I can sit in front of the TV and watch an old romantic film and be transfixed.

When I go into making a movie, personally, I don't try to bring other pieces of movies with me.

I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people who loved cars and took care of cars and my dad's a big car nut, so I learned a little bit about cars - how to love them, most importantly. I think that from the time I could remember, I've always envisioned myself in a vintage muscle car.

You feel better when you're eating food that retains nutritional value.

I'm thankful for the work that feminists like Gloria Steinem have done. I am a feminist, but the geography for women today is vastly different than it was in the '60s.

One of the biggest challenges in my job is letting go of the movie once you go home at night, and knowing you can't do anything to your performance once you've laid it on film.