Quotes from Amber Heard

Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.

I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.

I feel like I'm constantly fighting against my exterior, or this exterior presentation of myself, because of how I look or perhaps because of who I'm with.

I've worked really hard to bring something more to 'pretty girl' roles over the years. I consider it a challenge.

I did nothing to look the way I look. The genetic cards that anyone is dealt are not in their control, so to take pride in my looks would be a mistake. And besides, in L.A. there's always someone more beautiful!

I've always been a private person and I've always valued my private life.

Strength and independence are always something that I'm drawn to in all my characters, no matter how different they are from one another.

I've always lived my life the way I wanted and been honest with myself and everyone around me.

For someone like me, who prefers to keep their life as private as possible, it was disconcerting to have to define so much about myself. I don't want to be labeled as one thing or another.

I am my father's daughter. It was not up to me growing up. I was his hunting and fishing buddy, so I've been shooting my whole life.

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

I try to search for roles where the character is not dependent on how she looks, but it is hard because I didn't know anyone in this industry, so I started as an extra and fought.

Every article I've read about myself always winds up concluding that I am not, in fact, completely stupid.

I've been around responsible gun ownership my whole life.

I would never imagine a mate based on a certain sex or race.

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.

Once you start working out, you feel better and it becomes something you make time to do.

It's rare to have even half-meaningful conversations in the film industry.

School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I did incredibly well. I won an award for my grades.

I used to be very interested in the history of women's rights in this country and in other countries. I tried to learn as much as I could about it, and more than anything, I would be called gay. It was phenomenal. But if a boy has something to say, he is appreciated; he's even popular. If a girl says something, it's instantly a threat.

I get tickets all the time and can't stay under the speed limit. I'm bad at that.

What I really love about the Playboy bunny outfit, is it's all about a woman's silhouette.

I don't label myself one way or another. I love who I love; it's the person that matters.

I'm doing what I love. I'm enjoying the perks of the job-the travel. I am having a great time being a shape shifter and I'm really getting a kick out of it. I love my job.