Amanda Peet

Amanda: I also definitely love glamor. I mean, I love getting dressed up, and having someone do my make-up and feeling pretty. I'm not gonna lie about that, cause that's part of what I love about what I do. But celebrity, it's like the feeling of going to the prom, the adolescent feeling of popularity. As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role. I mean, I understand when you're incredibly famous that it becomes difficult to deal with the publicity aspect. But people who are like me, who go, "Oh, I'm not gonna do that. I'm just here for the work!" I find it to be a little pretentious, honestly. Cause you're not that famous.

Amanda: I'm not into vilifying L.A., like "everyone is so dumb, everyone has fake boobs... ", it's just not true. There's a lot of really smart, fascinating people there. I'm a New Yorker who loves L.A.

Amanda: (after having read Pamela Paul's "Parenting, Inc.") According to the book, I'm a narcissistic consumer. I'm the target market for the onslaught of baby products: this sling, that sling, Baby Einstein, the idea that your baby will be smarter if she uses these learning toys at this milestone.