Amanda Peet

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

“Whenever I was with Kevin Pollak, I had to leave the room.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I think you have to be in an insane stratosphere in terms of fame in order to get offered really well-written scripts. Amanda Peet is definitely not in that group.”

“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!”

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

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

“I'm a big fan of gallows humor. When my aunt passed away, she was in a coma for a day before my cousins pulled the plug. And the amount of joking and base humor that went on that day around her bed was so insane. It's crazy how people talk when something horrible is happening.”

“I see a lot of homes that are supercool, and everything is very tasteful, but it's not warm. I'm really scared of rooms that look too serious.”

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

“I would do a musical, but I can't sing.”

“The thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up.”

“I'm interested in people who are very close to the people who commit crimes.”

“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.”

“As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.”

“In a romantic comedy, it's usually a good idea to have people who can't stand the fact that they are attracted to each other.”

“I'd like to be someone on 'Games of Thrones.'”