Amy Adams looks back at 'badly' seeking perfection

Amy Adams is a hard-working actress who believes in achieving nothing short of perfection in everything she does. However, it cost the star.

During an interview with People, the six-time Oscar nominee said, “One of the things I really deeply identified with was not wanting to share with people that you were struggling, wanting to be like, 'No, I've got it under control. I can do it.’ Wanting so badly to be good at everything."

The Man of Steel star also reflected on returning to work a few months after having her daughter Aviana in 2010.

“I wasn’t sleeping because I was up with her at night,” the 50-year-old said, remembering when she was working in 2011's The Muppets and promoting The Fighter. 

“I was tired, but also I felt so different. I know the world didn’t see me differently. But I felt it very internally that something had shifted.”

However, Amy said her failure to be perfect started to cause her trouble. She recounted, “Watching it all sort of fall apart because I wasn’t communicating what I really needed."

"Just burning the candle at both ends until you can only do that for so long, and doing what I call closet crying. You never want anybody to see you cry, so I would cry in the closet, which just paints such a sad picture, but I don’t think I’m alone in that.”

But, the Arrival actress said her husband, Le Gallo, helped her to find her footing.

“He stepped up a lot too,” the mother-of-one added. “Once I got over my own shame at not being perfect at all of this, I really think I was able to have more open communication about not just what I needed but what I felt would benefit our family as a whole.”