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Mandy Moore Quotes
Mandy: (on the perks of fame) I love roller coasters, and I'm able to cut to the head of the line... It's horrible of me.
Mandy: Teenpop was a great platform to start from; I'm not someone who regrets anything. But in those days, I was just given songs and told to go into the studio and record them. Yet, I think that as you get older, you change and so do your musical tastes. And not to have those changes reflected in the music I was so involved with was very disheartening to me.
Mandy: A smile is so sexy, yet so warm. When someone genuinely smiles at you, it's the greatest feeling in the world.
Mandy: (referring to her albums released between 1999 and 2002) I think that there's a time and a place for some of my past efforts.
Mandy: (talking about her "Wild Hope" album) It's somewhat of a foreign concept for me to care so much about a record, I really haven't had the personal involvement on anything in the past, not like I do with this one.
Mandy: As an actor, you have substantial control with the films you take on: If you never want to do an action movie, you don't have to. If you don't want to do nudity, you don't have to. It's case-by-case, project-by-project. For me all this went hand-in-hand with my music. I can't go off and do a movie with Diane Keaton, Mia Farrow, Billy Crudup or Tom Wilkinson and then come back to a record where I, as a creative matter, am absent.
Mandy: I don't want to take fame for granted because that is when you start to think you are better than everyone else. That is when you start thinking that you are someone that you are not.
Mandy: I can get very lazy, wearing jeans all the time. Recently, I been getting into bright color.
Mandy: I was 15 and went on the road with 'N Sync. Those were the first famous people I met. I was a Justin gal. I'm not going to lie.
Mandy: Maybe for some people drink and drugs work for them, but I'm not a tortured artist. I wouldn't turn to some sort of substance to make me feel better, I'd turn to writing.
Mandy: (revealing she rarely drinks as she‘s scared of saying things she might regret) I have a better time enjoying one glass of wine and just being relaxed. It's a bit of a control thing - I don't like not being in control of my words.
Mandy: I'm a bit of a germ freak. I carry antibacterial and alcohol swabs with me when I travel. I don't think it's a weird germophobia thing, but when you are shaking people's hands, meeting lots of different people all the time, I don't want to get sick. It's as simple as that.
Mandy: I’ve probably been drunk, maybe, four times in my entire life. Honestly. I guess I’m a bit of a lightweight. I have a better time enjoying one glass of wine and just being relaxed. It’s a bit of a control thing - I don’t like not being in control of my words. I like to go to bed at 10pm, or 10.30pm, because I like to wake up at 7am. Maybe for some people drinking and drugs work for them, but I’m not a tortured artist. I wouldn’t turn to some sort of substance to make me feel better, I’d turn to writing.
Mandy: (on her album, “Wild hope“) It’s a sort of singer-songwriter, folky kind of pop record. I co-wrote all the music. I’m so proud of this album, and it’s reflective of me and where I am in my life. It’s reflective of the music that I’m a big fan of and listen to, whether it be Joni Mitchell, Patty Griffin, that sort of stuff.
Mandy: What I look for in a guy is a really good sense of humour, obviously honesty and he had to be into music. Not necessarily a musician, but someone who has a deep passion and appreciation for music. Because music is such a huge part in my heart, nothing makes me happier than being able to share that with someone.
Mandy: (revealing filming “License To Wed“ has turned her off marriage) I always thought that I wanted to get married in a beautiful ceremony on the beach, but doing this movie in Jamaica, in the middle of summer, during the heat of the day, wearing a wedding dress, I didn’t feel beautiful at all. I felt really sweaty and sticky. I quickly discovered it’s not my cup of tea.
Mandy: (about her current body, and the pressure in Hollywood to be thin) I felt pressured once in a movie, but there's no way to escape it, whether you're in the spotlight or not. Sometimes I don't feel so great about myself, but I think that's pretty natural for most women. I like representing this, rather than the other extreme. I feel like the other extreme is represented enough. I'm totally happy where I am.
Mandy: When, it comes to sleeping, lights out for me at ten.
Mandy: I've gotten much better at taking care of myself.
Mandy: I'm not Nicole Richie. I'm not like a toothpick, and I never will be. I'm just a regular looking person and that's okay. It's taken awhile to come to grips with that since it's definitely not the norm in my business. But like, who cares? If anything, that makes someone more special. Or at least that's what I tell myself.
Mandy: (in January 2007) A few months ago I felt really low, really sad. Depressed for no reason. I'm a very positive person, and I've always been glass-half-full. So it was like someone flipped a switch in me. The break-up (with Scrubs star Zach Braff) added to what I was going through, but it's not the complete reason. It definitely doesn't help if you're already in that place.
Mandy: I like DVD extras like deleted scenes and behind the scenes, that sort of stuff. I also sometimes love to watch the audio commentary from the director or the actors if I'm really in love with the movie or a TV show and I've seen it like a million times. That's my next favourite thing to do, to turn on the commentary and watch it with the commentary.
Mandy: (On the directors she'd like to work with.) Alexander Payne is really amazing and I love all of his films. I think it would be fun to work with him. Wes Anderson as well. There are a lot of people out there that I would flip out to work with.
Mandy: (On appearing as Sally in the film, American Dreamz.) Oh, my god, I was so tanned. I was going to the tanning salon for the movie and I had to colour my hair every week and a half to keep it so blonde, and that sucked. It's just too much maintenance for me. But that's the fun of being in character because I was so excited when I got the part. I called Paul and said that I had to have long, blond hair. He's like, "OK". I don't think he thought about it too much, but I was adamant.
Mandy: I don't feel like I have constant media attention. It feels like a grey area to me because, and I know Chris agrees with this, I love what I get to do and I feel really lucky because I know how competitive it is out there and I feel lucky that I keep getting opportunities to work with really brilliant people, actors or filmmakers, etc. But it's about the work and I try not to be outside of myself too much. I think it can help you if you are aware of that kind of side of "celebrity" and fame, but I try not to think about it at all too much, it's such a weird concept being kept in a box and isolated and separated from everybody else. It's so weird.
Mandy: As a result of doing Coverage, I have a much broader appreciation for singer-songwriters then and now and I hope to be a part of the club one day.
Mandy: I'm a lazy homebody, so I like to order in yummy food and watch a great movie.
Mandy: I feel like a 65-year-old in a 22-year-old's body. I go to bed early. I also say things like 'Jeez Louise.'
Mandy: (On her relationships.)Most of my friends are 10 years older than me. I've always related to older people, I don't think I could date someone that young again (Andy Roddick, 23). I've found a perfect match now (with Zach Braff, 30) in terms of the age thing.
Mandy: (On her hair color and style changes.)I like flipping back and forth and changing my hair whenever I want.
Mandy: I am addicted to TiVo. I love TV.
Mandy: When people come up to me and say, 'You made it,' I think, 'But I'm not done yet. Not everyone's heard my music.' I want to be a household name.
Mandy: I'm not an advocate for having sex or not having sex. It's a personal decision. Whenever you feel ready, you're ready.
Mandy: I'm a spiritual person and a religious person. But for me, it's all a personal thing. I'm not someone who'll say, 'This is what I believe, and you should too!' It's more of an internal, quiet, grounded, fulfilling thing for me.
Mandy: People tend to see you in one light, and don't think you can play people who are unlike who you are.
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