Rachel McAdams
Rachel McAdams
Rachel Anne McAdams, is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a four-year theatre program at York University in 2001, she initially worked in Canadian television and film productions such as the drama film Perfect Pie, the comedy film My Name Is Tanino, and the comedy miniseries Slings and Arrows. In 2002, she made her Hollywood film debut in the comedy The Hot Chick. McAdams found fame in 2004, with the character of Regina George in the comedy Mean Girls and...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth17 November 1978
CityLondon, Canada
CountryCanada
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I actually love the audition process, so I'm so happy to fight for things. I would love to read something that I want to fight for, but lately the scripts are not that compelling.
It's really nice to have opportunities to do things that are so diverse. It's so easy when you start out, especially at a young age, to get pigeonholed into certain types of roles. So it's just been great to have that kind of variety available to me.
I suppose there is a little bit of a numbers game played in Hollywood, so of course the success of something like Wedding Crashers helps, but it's not something that you seek out. I didn't go into that movie hoping it would make a ton of money, but I did hope that it would hit an audience and people would really enjoy it.
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?
I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.
There's no one who's ever been significantly in my life for whom I don't have a sort of tenderness because they helped to shape who I am.
A kiss with anyone, on or off camera, can be intimidating. I've been kissing for nearly two decades now, and I'm always convinced I'm not doing it right. Chemistry is so important in a great kiss. You can act your way through anything, but it's hard with a kiss.
The craziest thing I've ever done to get a guy's attention? I admit I stalked someone. I showed up at a restaurant where I knew the guy worked, and we were actually good friends and had lost touch, and I pretended that I didn't know he worked there.
You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.
Chemistry is so important in a great kiss. You can act your way through anything, but its hard with a kiss.
I've had heartbreaking auditions where they don't even look at you. You're out before you're in.
I don't know, I like to go on really different types of dates. Going someplace new or some new part of the city, something that's not your average thing. Something where you just go have an adventure together.
Often with film, I find that you're just really getting to know a person. They're just starting to sink in, and then you wrap the film.
I do have a side of me that would just love to be stuck in the woods and have to stick it out and be really resourceful.