A biography for Amber Heardhasn’t been written yet.
“It requires bravery to do something no one else around you is doing.”
“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.”
“I'm a good shot and I love guns - I own several.”
“You know, I've kind of been lucky enough to always work with established actors or big names or people that are really popular or infamous for doing what they do and doing it well, I guess.”
“I buy records - vinyl. I have a record player at home.”
“You feel better when you're eating food that retains nutritional value.”
“It's my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit.”
“I am a firm believer that you can have the body you want, only to the extent that you're willing to work for it.”
“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 have been in my fair share of both onscreen and off screen fights.”
“I seem to be stuck in the '60s, and my favorite music, cars, and women's fashion come from that era. And the sense of social rebellion. It was a good time for a lot of things.”
“I was raised by my father; I was daddy's girl.”
“Every article I've read about myself always winds up concluding that I am not, in fact, completely stupid.”
“I think there's an instinct to make grotesque horror films that are purely carnal, like the 'Saw' movies.”
“I've worked really hard to bring something more to 'pretty girl' roles over the years. I consider it a challenge.”
“If you want to do something, you find a way.”
“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 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 grew up just outside of Austin, and my upbringing was fairly rural.”
“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.”