Quotes from Amanda Peet

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 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.

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

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

If you think about it, there aren't that many women who are in their 40s, who are Jewish and funny and stage-worthy.

Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.

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 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 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.

When you're an actor, you can be hindered by your own narcissism.

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.

I like playwriting because it's rooted in a single location with actors standing talking to each other.

Since I got a really bad review when I was, like, 28 in 'The New York Times,' I don't read reviews anymore.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.