Mandy Moore is the latest star to grace the cover of Marie Claire US.
On ex DJ AM: “Adam’s like family. [If anything's wrong,] I’d go in a heartbeat.” On fiance Ryan Adams: “He’s a good egg. I’m in awe of him: his brain, his passion. He’s truly one of a kind.”
On the hurdles she has face in the industry: "I feel like I keep coming up against the same thing: They think I'm very cute and so sweet," Moore says, tucking her down parka around her lap like a blanket. "But that won't cut it anymore. I don't want to be a wallflower. I don't want to be shy. Give me the opportunity to get in the room and have a conversation as to why I know I can do this. It's OK that you see me as this person, but I'm an actress, and I'll work my ass off to play the part."
On selecting her roles: "It has to be right," Moore quickly adds. "I've had the opportunity to play the drug dealer who gets gang-raped, and I'm like, for what reason? Doing it just to do it? To just show people that I can be sexy or dark? I don't want to do something just to make that point. It needs to happen organically, and I'm really confident it will. I'm a pretty patient person, and I'll wait until we find the right stuff."
On her last album 'Wild Hope': "I knew that record was my last chance," says Moore - a reference to faltering record sales as she struggled to bust out of the bubblegum pack. "So I pushed and made it the way I wanted" - channeling Patti Griffin and Paula Cole and Joni Mitchell in gutsy torch songs like "Ladies' Choice" and "Gardenia."
I can't believe she's marrying him, they seem to be complete opposites. Bizarre.