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
Rachel McAdams quotes about
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 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.
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.
I've had heartbreaking auditions where they don't even look at you. You're out before you're in.
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.
I've always liked dressing up. And I love a high heel - the higher the better. I just feel funny in flats.
I've sort of heard that "it" girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know?
I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and Arrows' and it was about a company based around the Stratford Festival.
I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity. Sanity would be good. I'd like to have a little sanity!
Joan Cusack is one of my favorite comedic actresses, and every part she plays is so different. She does the wackiest stuff and somehow it works. I like watching her a lot, and I think you can always go further and pull back. That's something I really have to work on.