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Love Quote by Amanda Seyfried

"Singing was my first love and I never even considered it after I started acting, but now I'm bringing it back into my life. I trained from the ages of 11 to 17. When I moved to New York and got into serious acting, I just kind of abandoned the whole singing thing. But when I grew up in Pennsylvania I went to voice lessons once a week"

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Nostalgia is doing double duty here: it reads like a personal confession and a quiet rebrand. Seyfried frames singing as a "first love" she didn't just pause but actively abandoned once acting got "serious". That choice of word matters. It casts acting as the adult, high-stakes path and singing as the tender, earlier self that got left behind in the rush to become professional, disciplined, New York-ready. The emotional payoff is the return: bringing it back "into my life" sounds less like launching a side hustle and more like repairing a split in identity.

The quote also sneaks in a credibility flex without sounding like one. Listing ages (11 to 17), weekly lessons, Pennsylvania roots: these details are the currency of authenticity in celebrity storytelling. They're specific enough to feel lived-in, but modest enough to dodge the "pop star announcement" vibe. Seyfried isn't claiming reinvention; she's claiming continuity. The subtext is: I'm not dabbling, I'm coming home to something I earned.

Context-wise, it fits a familiar arc for actors who circle back to music once they've secured status in film and TV. Early in a career, specialization is survival; you don't get to be "multi-hyphenate" until the industry lets you. By narrating singing as an interrupted training rather than a sudden whim, she preempts skepticism and invites the audience to root for the recovery of a buried skill. It's less about chasing another spotlight than reclaiming a missing room in the house of her own talent.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Seyfried, Amanda. (2026, January 17). Singing was my first love and I never even considered it after I started acting, but now I'm bringing it back into my life. I trained from the ages of 11 to 17. When I moved to New York and got into serious acting, I just kind of abandoned the whole singing thing. But when I grew up in Pennsylvania I went to voice lessons once a week. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/singing-was-my-first-love-and-i-never-even-62842/

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Seyfried, Amanda. "Singing was my first love and I never even considered it after I started acting, but now I'm bringing it back into my life. I trained from the ages of 11 to 17. When I moved to New York and got into serious acting, I just kind of abandoned the whole singing thing. But when I grew up in Pennsylvania I went to voice lessons once a week." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/singing-was-my-first-love-and-i-never-even-62842/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Singing was my first love and I never even considered it after I started acting, but now I'm bringing it back into my life. I trained from the ages of 11 to 17. When I moved to New York and got into serious acting, I just kind of abandoned the whole singing thing. But when I grew up in Pennsylvania I went to voice lessons once a week." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/singing-was-my-first-love-and-i-never-even-62842/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Amanda Seyfried (born December 3, 1985) is a Actress from USA.

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