[The Rum Diary] is a prestigious movie and it's got a great, talented cast, so they wanted to make sure they had the right person for the role, but it was a torturous process. It was painful.
Amber HeardI want to be able to create characters for as long as I can and I want to tell stories for as long as I can but unfortunately I'm not given those opportunities because I'm often boxed into the former category...
Amber HeardI was a lifeguard. It was my summer job growing up, and I never saved anyone. I never had to, thank goodness.
Amber HeardMy favorite go-to modeling move was called "Be hungry." That was it. You just stand there, and be hungry. And that's all I have to say about the modeling industry.
Amber HeardI don't label myself one way or another. I love who I love; it's the person that matters.
Amber HeardYou have to do something else by 30 years old, if you haven't found another way to explore your own identity and make something of it.
Amber HeardI think there's an instinct to make grotesque horror films that are purely carnal, like the 'Saw' movies.
Amber HeardI didn't drop out of school, I placed out of it. I took correspondence courses and ended up graduating early. I did everything I could to get the hell out of there.
Amber HeardI don't feel like millions of people are wrong because they love who they love or they were born how they were born.
Amber HeardI always felt like an outcast at school. I had good friends, but none that I truly related to.
Amber HeardThey are very different. Women who are empowered by it and have choices based off of their sexuality, are very different from the ones that are being taken advantage of.
Amber HeardI wanted to be a disgusting, oozing zombie, not a sexy, cleavage zombie, which is what I was expecting, given my previous film work.
Amber HeardWe all appreciated a certain aesthetic, and with that appreciation came a certain stylized presence.
Amber HeardI am my father's daughter. It was not up to me growing up. I was his hunting and fishing buddy, so I've been shooting my whole life.
Amber HeardIt's my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit.
Amber HeardI have successfully avoided being stereotyped into a specific category. I've worked very hard at that, and I'm proud of not being easily lumped into anybody's preconceived notions or expectations.
Amber HeardYou 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.
Amber HeardIf you've been seeing someone for a short while and the "relationship" winds itself down mutually but not explicitly, no postmortem is necessary. But a real relationship should have a real ending.
Amber HeardI think there's a part when you sign your soul to the devil and start working in Los Angeles that you also sign away that you could be a human being in anyone's eye. You're like a robot!
Amber HeardI don't want to play into the perception that all women should look like fourteen year old boys. I don't want to add to that pressure for young girls. But in Hollywood, there is a constant pressure to look a certain way.
Amber HeardMy dad used to take my younger sister Whitney and I to the firing range, and he'd stand behind us as we shot. We were tiny, tiny girls, only about ten years old at the time, so the recoil when we pulled the trigger would send us flying backwards. But he'd stand behind us and make sure we were safe.
Amber HeardEvery article I've read about myself always winds up concluding that I am not, in fact, completely stupid.
Amber HeardWhat I really love about the Playboy bunny outfit, is it's all about a woman's silhouette.
Amber HeardI say I'm a rebel. I'm continually fighting against [sexism]. I don't take parts because they're for the sexy girl. I take the sexy girl parts and try to give them something else and make them a character.
Amber HeardMy 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.'
Amber HeardIm not the kind of person to just sit back and lose something I worked hard on, so, naturally, Ive taken steps to be further involved in a process when most actors arent.
Amber HeardOnce you start working out, you feel better and it becomes something you make time to do.
Amber HeardI don't know if I've owned a piece of technology that I hated - I don't think I would have owned it then.
Amber HeardI can definitely make an argument for atheism. I was very educated in scripture and dogma and the church, particularly the Catholic Church. I could not possibly know that I disagreed with religion unless I knew what I was disagreeing with.
Amber HeardI personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something you're inadvertently admitting it's wrong.
Amber HeardIf you're not seeing each other anymore because things are so strained, and your only communication is a weekly e-mail, and you're wondering which medium is most appropriate for announcing your desire to break up - guess what, you've already broken up.
Amber HeardWe come from a somewhat puritanical and chauvinistic point-of-view, so that when we're asked questions about women being empowered by sexuality, we often confuse it with women who are victimized by it.
Amber HeardI naturally have some curves, like most women, just unfortunately not like most women in Hollywood. I'm only considered curvy in Hollywood. It's a weird town.
Amber HeardAt the end of the day, I think there is an important moment happening in our society right, and I have to do the right thing. At the end of the day, I don't label myself one way or another. I come from a place where I find it hard to identify with a label. I've dated men in the past, and now I'm dating a woman, and I see it as ultimately no big deal.
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