"I really look up to Amy Adams, who I got to work with, Meryl Streep, and Angelina Jolie"
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Then she widens the aperture to Meryl Streep and Angelina Jolie, a pair that maps two different versions of female power in Hollywood. Streep is the canon: craft, endurance, awards, the work. Jolie is the brand: celebrity gravity fused with control, activism, and global visibility. By pairing them, Sweeney positions her ambitions as dual-track, suggesting she’s not choosing between “prestige actress” and “cultural force” so much as keeping both lanes open.
The line also does a PR-heavy kind of humility that’s become mandatory for young stars who are constantly accused of being overhyped. “I really look up to” softens the edge of ambition, turning it into respectability. It’s aspirational without sounding entitled, strategic without sounding calculating. In an industry where women are often asked to justify their presence, aligning yourself with Adams, Streep, and Jolie is a way of saying: I know the lineage, I value the work, and I’m aiming to last.
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Sweeney, Sydney. (2026, January 11). I really look up to Amy Adams, who I got to work with, Meryl Streep, and Angelina Jolie. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-really-look-up-to-amy-adams-who-i-got-to-work-183782/
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Sweeney, Sydney. "I really look up to Amy Adams, who I got to work with, Meryl Streep, and Angelina Jolie." FixQuotes. January 11, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-really-look-up-to-amy-adams-who-i-got-to-work-183782/.
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"I really look up to Amy Adams, who I got to work with, Meryl Streep, and Angelina Jolie." FixQuotes, 11 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-really-look-up-to-amy-adams-who-i-got-to-work-183782/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.






