You have to turn the noise off a little bit. Fortunately, I’m not really on social media. I’ve been able to live in a bit of a black hole. Rachel McAdams Read Quote
With a film, you just don’t have time to build sympathy for the character. But I think we’re moving away from that in TV. With TV, you have a little more leeway to allow them to rise and fall and rise again and be much more complicated beings. Rachel McAdams Read Quote
I love auditioning. Since ‘The Notebook’ and ‘Wedding Crashers,’ I don’t have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don’t audition. What if they hate what I want to do? Rachel McAdams Read Quote
During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn’t always work. Rachel McAdams Read Quote
I’ve had heartbreaking auditions where they don’t even look at you. You’re out before you’re in. Rachel McAdams Read Quote
My mother never put an emphasis on looks. She let us grow up on our own time line. She never forced any beauty regimen into my world. Rachel McAdams Read Quote
I’d grown up doing children’s theater there, and I always imagined myself being artistic director of a children’s theater company. Rachel McAdams Read Quote
It’s often out of my own insecurity. If I’m picky, it’s for that reason. I want to be able to bring my best to the table. So if I’m not connecting to something, then I’m not gonna hold up my end of the bargain, and that’s really embarrassing. Rachel McAdams Read Quote