"Jean-Marc Vallee is a talent, and working with Amy Adams was incredible"
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The second clause is the real payload. “Working with Amy Adams was incredible” is less about describing a set experience than about positioning. Adams is a shorthand for prestige: craft, awards gravity, adult drama credibility. For a younger actor navigating the perilous jump from “it girl” to durable career, the subtext is, I belong in rooms with artists like this. The compliment doubles as a résumé line that doesn’t sound like résumé-writing.
There’s also an emotional safety to the phrasing. “Incredible” conveys awe while staying vague enough to protect the private mechanics of collaboration - no anecdotes that could be misquoted, no details that might complicate contracts, no emotional overshare. In the post-quote economy where every sentence becomes a headline, Sweeney chooses admiration that is warm, camera-ready, and strategically frictionless.
Context matters: Vallee’s reputation is tied to intimate, actor-forward storytelling (Sharp Objects, Big Little Lies). Praising him implies she values that kind of work - textured, character-driven, grown-up - and wants more of it.
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Sweeney, Sydney. (2026, January 11). Jean-Marc Vallee is a talent, and working with Amy Adams was incredible. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/jean-marc-vallee-is-a-talent-and-working-with-amy-183776/
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"Jean-Marc Vallee is a talent, and working with Amy Adams was incredible." FixQuotes, 11 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/jean-marc-vallee-is-a-talent-and-working-with-amy-183776/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.



