29 Quotes by Amanda Crew

How can you not be affected by disappointments relating to work you love so much?

For myself, I would rather take less roles and be working on films that I'm passionate about, that are going to challenge me and that I'm going to be growing from. I don't ever want to take a movie just for the sake of working.

If I had an idea for a genius app, don't you think I would be getting it made immediately?

I’m a big thinker, and sometimes I think too much, and my brain can get in the way of myself.

I’m still vegetarian – no, pescatarian, because I eat fish. I eat pretty much vegan at home, but when I’m on the road, I’m a bit more flexible. That was the kind of thing I learned as I got older – being flexible with it and listening to my body.

My biggest beauty tip would be exfoliation, exfoliation, exfoliation! After a lifetime of almost no breakouts, I learned that if you don’t exfoliate, your skin has a hard time shedding the old skin and therefore clogs your pores and causes zits.

Life is too short to be doing work that doesn’t make you feel happy and fulfilled. I’d rather wait for the right project, as opposed to just taking whatever is handed to me.

I think the hardest obstacles, actually, are probably ones I’ve put on myself. I push myself really hard, and I think that’s why I’ve been able to accomplish certain things.

Whenever possible, I try to get a professional to do my makeup, because the idea of putting together a flawless look intimidates me. I like to be open to a makeup artist’s ideas on the look they want to create, but I always ask to keep my foundation pretty lightweight and luminescent.