Amy Smart Quotes

• The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked.

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• I was a ballerina for 10 years growing up, but I stopped.

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• I do Pilates and yoga and try to eat healthy.

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• Growing up, I was sort of a tomboy. I was the one skating with the boys.

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• I’m not scared to look like a complete fool in front of people. It’s just not one of my insecurities.

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• I think that life is about growth. You continue to grow and progress, hopefully.

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• I think that as you get older, you learn to live in yourself more securely.

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• I do feel like I’m a tomboy at heart, so I have an easy time working with guys.

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• For me, I’m OK doing embarrassing things, when it’s with somebody else. I’m not the only person to look at.

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• I notoriously get the hiccups. When I get the hiccups, I get it numerous times in one day.

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• I have to say that as an actor, I really look for the role. I’m not really looking to see if it’s for television or film, because there are highly talented people in both mediums.

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• There’s so many more better TV shows than films coming out, in my opinion.

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• I sometimes skip meals when I travel.

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• I would love to do a period piece – in the 18th or 17th century. To me, it would be such an incredible challenge because of the way people carried themselves. There are so many incredible stories within those centuries – just the language and the way they carried themselves and what they were going through.

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• I would love to make some kind of film about the witches and the Inquisitions. That would be really fun because I don’t think their stories have been told enough.

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• I like any story that starts one place and really takes a huge journey to a whole new place; that people in their life want to take that journey. They want to be able to find things in their life that aren’t working and work through them to a new place of change.

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• I love cooking during Christmas, all smells like the hot apple cider, the hot spiced wine.

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• I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.

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• I’m just kind of taking whatever life gives me and hoping that I make the right decision.

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• Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that’s so fascinating to me.

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Amy Smart (21)

Birth:	26th March, 1976
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Model

About

Amy Lysle Smart was born in Topanga, California. She is an American actress and former fashion model. While modelling in Italy, Smart met fellow model Ali Larter and the two "became instant friends", according to Larter. In Los Angeles, the two took acting classes together. After appearing in the video for The Lemonheads' 'It's About Time' in 1993, Smart's first film role was in director Martin Kunert's film Campfire Tales, followed by a small role as Queenie in the 1996 rendition of John Updike's short story, "A&P". She had a minor role in the 1997 film Starship Troopers as the co-pilot for Carmen Ibanez. She had a starring role in the mini-series The 70s, playing a young woman from Ohio. In 1999, Smart played the girlfriend of a popular American football player in the film Varsity Blues, re-uniting her with Larter. Also in 1999 she gave a strong performance in the film Outside Providence. Smart played a recurring character on the series Felicity from 1999 to 2001 — Ruby, a former girlfriend of Scott Foley's character. Smart was a regular cast member in the short-lived 2006 CBS television series Smith.

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