Amy Adams on how she got comfortable with her character, Princess Giselle:

"Well, when I first read the script, I felt like I knew who she was and I felt that it was something I understood, oddly enough. I think that I've always been attracted to characters who are positive and who come from a very innocent place. I think there's a lot of room for discovery in those characters and that's something I always have fun playing. And I didn't treat it like it was a joke. I treated it like it was Chekhov and maybe they sensed my sincerity."

Adams on how many animated Disney movies she watched to prepare:

"Well, I wish I could say that I spent hours in front of them but the truth is that I had done so much of that in my childhood and my teenage years that I already knew them so well. There was no need to study. So if anything, I kind of tried to avoid them because I didn't want to do an imitation of one of the previous princesses. I wanted to create a new character. Kevin had done such a wonderful job. He did art and he had it all along the walls of Disney. He had us come in and prerecord our voices so that he could storyboard out the whole film. So for each scene, I knew exactly what he was looking for in the physical nature of the character and the emotional nature of the character, what shots he intended to use. It was really helpful for me in this world."

The biggest challenge: weather or the white dress:

"I think it's a toss up. Any scene where I had the white dress was grueling. It weighed about 45 pounds and the entire weight was on my hips, so occasionally it felt like I was in traction. But also doing the last sequences with the dragon, it initially was a much longer sequence which I guess terrified the kids too much--so it was a much longer sequence. So I spent a lot of time wet in the rain in a harness hanging off the sword trying to climb. I did not look very graceful, so that was somewhat grueling but it was also fun and challenging."

Amy Adams on whether it was a challenge to find a balance within her character:

"It was. That was one of the things that interested me about taking this role was that challenge of making her fun and coming from the animated world so that you would believe that, but also that she was grounded and human and based in enough emotion that she would resonate. That was a really big challenge and something that I was very conscious of."

Adams on her upcoming films:

"I did Ms. Pedigrew Lives for a Day with Frances McDormand where I play a 1930s cabaret singer, very ambitious girl who Frances McDormand's character sort of - we meet each other and have this fantastic day together. And then I did Charlie Wilson's War, which is being released. A couple little actors. I play a congressional administrative assistant to Tom Hanks' character, so she's sort of his Gal Friday."

On how her Oscar nomination for Junebug created more opportunities:

"I don't know if it's the nomination or the attention that it brought to Junebug, but it also, I think, brought people's attention to my previous work. I got a long time without people making the connection to all my different films and all my different acting things, so I think it's the first time where I was really identified. I think it absolutely has brought amazing opportunities and introduced me to so many people and it was just a really wonderful experience."

On her reaction to having a doll created for her character:

"It's pretty surreal. My mom called yesterday morning and was like, ‘I keep looking at that box and that picture looks like I dressed you up for Halloween as a princess.’ Leave it to your mom to put it in perspective: 'It's just so unreal.'

Amy Adams on how she stays grounded given her fame:

"I'm so busy. I also just surround myself with people who are pretty honest with me. I'd like to believe they're honest with me. They're not afraid to tell me no and that's, to me, the most important thing, or to let me know when I've stepped out of line. And I have a really great support group. I think that's the key."

Adams on capturing the musical tone of Princess Giselle:

"I did listen to a lot of Disney princesses because they wanted the first number to be reminiscent of a more Snow White feel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, softer, more lilting. And as she becomes more real, into the real world, we bring it up to a more current style with That's How You Know, which is much more of a Broadway showstopper style of song. If you'll notice, the songs continue to progress throughout the film. It goes into So Close, which is a lot more poppy, and then we end up with Carrie Underwood's Ever Ever After, which is a country rock ballad. So the music continues to evolve, and I did pay a lot of attention to that, and that was part of what I trained to do was try to sing in that sort of operetta style, then also doing a more Broadway style."

On whether there's been talk of her coming back for a sequel:

"No, they haven't really pitched any ideas to me. I kind of don't want to speculate yet. I'd rather--unless they're really interested in me coming into a creative meeting, which we'll see, but I would rather enjoy this process right now rather than think about that."