Rachel McAdams

I guess I was a floater, but not really. I don’t know. I didn’t get high school.

My life comes to a screeching halt when I’m not making movies. I really like to ride my bike around town, garden, cook, and play ultimate frisbee.

I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.

I wanted to be a secretary, I love paper clips and staplers

A friend of mine had this great theory about the “Teletubbies”, that it’s preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. When they build the underground world because we can no longer breathe the air that it will look like Teletubbie land.

I gossiped when I was given a chance because I wasn’t popular so the few times someone would invite you into the group to have a conversation it was usually about someone else and you just joined in because it was great to be a part of something, and that I feel bad for.

[on her role in “Star Wars: Episode II”] That was easy, I just stood by Natalie Portman looking very serious.

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war –for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I’d say we deserve ours more.

I come from the tradition of a big Irish family that loves to sing. I love to perform.

This is between us! You know this is the best thing for the company.

Whenever I’m with you alone. You weave a magic spell and though it be a danger zone. I only know that you’re swell.

I don’t care how small the game. I want to win.

I love old music, old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes and basically I’m an old-fashioned gal.

Friends don’t lie.

I’ve only met Brad Pitt once before. Well, I didn’t really meet him. I kind of just stood behind him and smelled his hair. It smelled really good.

I did audition for “Home and Away”, but they never called me back. I feel I escaped in a way.

[on the NSA spying scandal] Mr. President, no one is saying you broke any laws, we’re just saying it’s a little bit weird you didn’t have to.

To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.

I couldn’t live without my music, man. Or me mum.

Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.

It sounds lame, but I was really concentrating on this job. It was my first American thing so I was pretty focused. I went to Portland for two months before we starting shooting, and I just didn’t talk to anybody for ages during the beginning of the shoot. I never went out, but I kind of broke down half way through. I was like, ‘Okay, people are starting to think that I’m actually out of my mind now.