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Daily Inspiration Quote by Sydney Sweeney

"I really look up to Amy Adams, who I got to work with, Meryl Streep, and Angelina Jolie"

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Sydney Sweeney’s name-dropping here isn’t just fangirl energy; it’s a carefully calibrated snapshot of how modern stardom gets narrated. She leads with Amy Adams, and the crucial modifier is “who I got to work with.” That clause quietly converts admiration into proximity. It signals legitimacy: not just a young actor with a mood board of idols, but a peer-in-training who’s already crossed a threshold into rooms where serious careers are made.

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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APA Style (7th ed.)
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/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"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.

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Sydney Sweeney

Sydney Sweeney (born September 12, 1997) is a Actress from USA.

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