If you think about it, there aren't that many women who are in their 40s, who are Jewish and funny and stage-worthy.

- Amanda Peet

I like playwriting because it's rooted in a single location with actors standing talking to each other.

- Amanda Peet

I see a lot of homes that are supercool, and everything is very tasteful, but it's not warm. I'm really scared of rooms that look too serious.

- Amanda Peet

I think children should be vaccinated because that affects the health of all the other children.

- Amanda Peet

I would do a musical, but I can't sing.

- Amanda Peet

I'd like to be someone on 'Games of Thrones.'

- Amanda Peet

I'd love to work with Joan Cusack again - I'm obsessed with Joan Cusack.

- Amanda Peet

I'm interested in people who are very close to the people who commit crimes.

- Amanda Peet

If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat.

- Amanda Peet

If you take 'Cheers' and 'Seinfeld' and watch the early shows, they're kind of awkward. It took a while for the writers and everything to gel.

- Amanda Peet

I have a fairly realistic idea about what my gifts and limitations are.

- Amanda Peet

In a romantic comedy, it's usually a good idea to have people who can't stand the fact that they are attracted to each other.

- Amanda Peet

My writing philosophy is throwing spaghetti against the wall. That's how I take pictures, too. If I take 100, surely one will be good.

- Amanda Peet

Since I got a really bad review when I was, like, 28 in 'The New York Times,' I don't read reviews anymore.

- Amanda Peet

There aren't many roles that are interesting if you're a 40-year-old woman, unless you're Julia Roberts or Cate Blanchett.

- Amanda Peet

Whenever I was with Kevin Pollak, I had to leave the room.

- Amanda Peet

I think once I was in high school - I had boyfriends and stuff like that, but I think when I was younger, I went through a period where I looked like a boy, and people thought I was a boy.

- Amanda Peet

I think when you're a bigger star you get many good scripts sent to you, and you have to choose which one you're going to gravitate toward, but I just try to gravitate toward the best-written one that's been thrown my way after a lot of girls have passed on it.

- Amanda Peet

I usually try on at least 20 pairs of jeans before I find something that looks good on me. And even then, I have a trustworthy friend tell me if my butt looks big!

- Amanda Peet

Well, my mom is single and we've both been single at the same time over the last ten years, so I really related to the bond between my character and Diane's.

- Amanda Peet