My very best friend died in a car accident when I was 16 years old. That was the hardest blow emotionally that I have ever had to endure. Suddenly, you realize tomorrow might not come. Now I live by the motto, 'Today is what I have.'
Amber Heard
I've always been a private person, and I've always valued my private life.
You feel better when you're eating food that retains nutritional value.
It requires bravery to do something no one else around you is doing.
I don't imagine myself, my work, or my life, fitting into any kind of standardized path. In fact, the idea of there even being a standard freaks me out a lot.
I think there's an instinct to make grotesque horror films that are purely carnal, like the 'Saw' movies.
Injustice can never be stood for.
School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I did incredibly well. I won an award for my grades.
Once you start working out, you feel better and it becomes something you make time to do.
We didn't take Charlize Theron seriously until she did 'Monster' and became physically ugly. I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even if they are beautiful.
I used to be very interested in the history of women's rights in this country and in other countries. I tried to learn as much as I could about it, and more than anything, I would be called gay. It was phenomenal. But if a boy has something to say, he is appreciated; he's even popular. If a girl says something, it's instantly a threat.
I get a stack of scripts, like, once a month, and most of the time, you find these placeholder girls that are there to provide a bounce for the male character. So we know he's funny because she's serious and she's mad at him. We know he's strong because she needs saving. So really, her job is to validate this personality trait of our hero or male.
I have a fiercely independent spirit.
I have been in my fair share of both onscreen and off screen fights.
I'm looking to find good stories, not big commercial pieces of work.
I was raised by my father; I was daddy's girl.
My favourite thing is to do crossword puzzles. I do the 'New York Times' one every morning. Then I go to the barn to see my horse.
I personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something you're inadvertently admitting it's wrong.
Can you ever imagine yourself in a situation like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie or Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, where the world feels like they have a stake in your private life? I would never want it.
It's rare to have even half-meaningful conversations in the film industry.
If I were a man, I'd be allowed to play roles that were compelling and drove an audience to an emotional response.
I am a proud member of the LGBT community and could never bear the idea that someone could say I was closeted.
You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.
Even though I don't believe in God, I feel strangely compelled to fight the atheist label.
I think there's a part when you sign your soul to the devil and start working in Los Angeles that you also sign away that you could be a human being in anyone's eye. You're like a robot!
You know, I've kind of been lucky enough to always work with established actors or big names or people that are really popular or infamous for doing what they do and doing it well, I guess.
Every article I've read about myself always winds up concluding that I am not, in fact, completely stupid.
I want to be an artist. I don't want to be a celebrity.
When I go into making a movie, personally, I don't try to bring other pieces of movies with me.
I buy records - vinyl. I have a record player at home.
I am constantly struggling to show people that there is more to me than my appearance. You do have to try and overcome those hurdles. Female actresses need to be given the chance to be more than how they look.
I'm a good shot and I love guns - I own several.
I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people who loved cars and took care of cars and my dad's a big car nut, so I learned a little bit about cars - how to love them, most importantly. I think that from the time I could remember, I've always envisioned myself in a vintage muscle car.
I'm thankful for the work that feminists like Gloria Steinem have done. I am a feminist, but the geography for women today is vastly different than it was in the '60s.
I am a firm believer that you can have the body you want, only to the extent that you're willing to work for it.
I love my horror films and they will always be very close to me.
Models are just mannequins seeking validation at the hands of sleazy fashion people.
I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.
I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even if they are beautiful. Even more, I would love to see women held to different standards, other than the superficial ones that we're held to.
I try to search for roles where the character is not dependent on how she looks, but it is hard because I didn't know anyone in this industry, so I started as an extra and fought.
It's my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit.
If you want to do something, you find a way.
It is really hard when you spend your life living out of a suitcase. But it really does weed out superficial people - if someone is still with you after the second movie, then they're probably a good one! I like to trust people in general - it's the southern girl in me.
I've worked really hard to bring something more to 'pretty girl' roles over the years. I consider it a challenge.
I come from a place where I find it hard to identify with a label.
I've got a soft spot for true individuals.
I watch what I eat and drink.
I take the sexy girl parts and try to give them something else and make them a character.
Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.
I think my mother realized she had a somewhat unusual daughter pretty early on.
