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# Amy Adams: 'I Wanted to Be a Doctor'

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## Video: Amy Adams: 'I Wanted to Be a Doctor'

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_Published 2014-02-27. Amy Adams reflects on how she became an actor and talks about who her biggest inspirations are in the field._


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## Transcript

>> We gotta get over on all these guys. That's what you need to be thinking about right now. We gotta get over on all these guys.

>> I knew I wanted to be an actor. I wished I had a more inspiring answer. I think it's never been a question of-- it was just a-- I wanted to be a doctor or a performer and I failed chemistry so that left me with this option. I've been inspired by a lot of actors. It's hard to pick one. Meryl knows I always name her and the reason is not just because of her amazing ability which is unquestionable.

>> You have no right to step outside the church.

>> I will step outside the church if that's what needs to be done that the door should shut behind me. I will do what needs to be done.

>> But it's also the balance that she's been able to achieve in her life. That's something I really hope to attain and so I look to her not only as an actress but as a woman, as a role model.

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