Five-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams
told youths at the Giffoni Film Festival that one of the things
that attracted her to the film 'Arrival' was "the message of the
film, of unity among populations, of moving beyond war and
finding a way to work together to find a shared path for
survival."
She added, however, that "this is not the path that the world
has taken at the moment. I hope that your generation, and what I
see here gives me confidence, will be able to act in a different
manner and take the right path. Don't disappoint me."
The actress - who came to Italy with her husband, Darren Le
Gallo, and her seven-year-old daughter - was born in the Italian
city of Vicenza in 1974 to a father in the military.
"I love Italy so much that my daughter's name, Aviana, comes
from that of an Italian city (Aviano, Ed.)," she said. "There is
a unique openness in this country's people. You feel welcomed by
everyone. I can never wait to get back here."
Aviano, near Vicenza, hosts a US air force base.
The fourth of seven children, Adams got into dance and then
acting as an adolescent.
"You could say that I am an actress thanks to a chemistry
exam that I did not pass in high school," she said, smiling. "I
understood then that I would never become a doctor, as I had
initially thought, and I began to focus on performing arts."
What she looks at when choosing a role is "the reaction I
feel when I read the screenplay. If I can feel the character's
voice in my head, if I understand that I am able to express it,
then I say yes. And now that I am an adult, I seek characters
that can in some way be of help to others via the experiences
they go through."
One of the characters that she loved the most was hers in
'Enchanted', since "when I read the script, I told the man who
would later become my husband that I could not imagine anyone
else playing the role".
Another was hers in 'Junebug', for which she got her first
Oscar nomination, and her one in 'Arrival'.
Her worst experience was instead 'American Hustle', due to
problems with director David O. Russell, though she said she
would do it again nonetheless if given a choice to go back in
time.
Among the directors she would like to work with is Patty
Jenkins, who directed 'Wonder Woman', while when asked what sort
of advice she could give to those doing try-outs, she said that
they should not take rejections personally.
On sexism, "I do not think this is only in Hollywood. I think
this is a problem that is much deeper and widespread. We must
respect, as women, the fact that our choices and our barriers
come from profound needs and we must not make the mistake of
sacrificing them to make other happy."
She said she would not change anything in her life, if she
had the choice, since she now has "a splendid husband and a
beautiful daughter, who always tries to make me laugh".
Amy Adams will soon be in the film 'Justice League' followed
by a biopic on Dick Cheney directed by Andy McKay, in which she
will play the part of the former US vice president's wife.
She will also have the leading role in the noir series
directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and entitled 'Sharp Objects'.
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