The 81+ Rachel McAdams Quotes

I Sort Of Always Had An Inkling Towards Some Kind Of An Art Form. I Grew Up In A Very Small Town, And I Just Figure-skated. My Dad Played Hockey And I Was Surrounded By Sports, But It Wasn't Quite Doing It For Me. I Wasn't Totally Fulfilled, And I Did A Lot Of Skating.

I Did Do Some Shakespeare On Film, It's Really Difficult. It's Really Interesting, Because I Was Doing A Series In Canada Called 'slings And Arrows' And It Was About A Company Based Around The Stratford Festival.

I've Had Heartbreaking Auditions Where They Don't Even Look At You. You're Out Before You're In.

I'm Very Silly As A Person, But Quality Silliness On-screen Has More Of An Art To It. Harrison Ford, Whom I Was In Morning Glory With, Has Mastered That Dry Funny Better Than Anyone.

I Think One Thing That Kids Who Grow Up On Farms Really Have Going For Them Is They Have Exposure To Death And Birth In A Totally Different Way. I Think It Takes Away A Little Bit Of The Mystery And A Little Bit Of The Fear, And I Do Wish I Had That. And I Wish I Was Able To Grow My Own Food.

I Really Like Having A Life Outside Work. I Sometimes Wish I Did More Career Stuff And Was In That Hollywood Scene A Bit More. But Toronto's My Home.

New York Is So Full Of The Best Unemployed Actors On The Planet.

I Want To Work With Great Directors And Try Not To Put Too Much Pressure On Myself And Just Read Things For The Story And Recognize When I'm Drawn To Something For The Right Reasons And Try To Maintain Some Sanity.

I Love Those Preliminary Conversations About Who A Character Is. You Try On Wigs, Shoes And Clothes. It's Preferable When It's Not About Looking Pretty. It Can Get A Little Dull To Just Be Cute. We Talk About Things Like, Maybe My Character Can't Afford These Christian Louboutins.

I Do Have A Side Of Me That Would Just Love To Be Stuck In The Woods And Have To Stick It Out And Be Really Resourceful.

I Didn't Get My First Pilot That I Screen-tested For, And I Really Thought It Was The End Of The World. But It's Fine, You Know, You Move On To Something Else.

I Always Wish I Could Go Back And See The People That I Love As Children.