Making the list with her Roland Mouret dress for the “Letters to Juliet” premiere, Amanda made Teen Vogue’s Ten Best Dressed Celebrities of the month of May.

Who: Amanda Seyfried

Wore: RM by Roland Mouret

Where: Letters to Juliet Premiere

When: May 11, 2010

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We have our first gorgeous outtake of Amanda for Self, thanks to my friend Remy. Check out the HQ in the gallery and below you can find more of her interview for the spread — hopefully more photos will be heading our way soon!

Gallery Link: 2010: Session 018 (Self Outtakes)

You’ve had such a big year –do you feel like you’ve finally “arrived”?
I’ve been an up-and comer for so long that I do finally feel like I’ve established myself. I don’t quite know where yet, but I do feel like I’ve had enough under my belt for people to be able to trust me. I mean, I’m really insecure! I’ve always been. But at least I feel a little more confident now.

What are you insecure about? Your acting? Your looks?
Both. It’s very hard for me to watch a movie anymore with me in it. I used to not care. But recently I’ve been playing the romantic lead, and in order to be a romantic lead, you’ve kind of got to be pretty in my opinion. Clearly, some people think I can play the attractive girl. That is still a mystery to me. It’s a face thing–I pick apart my face. I guess we’re naturally inclined to want to change things about ourselves, and that gets heightened when I’m watching on a big screen. And it’s OK. Sometimes you wake up and you like it and sometimes you don’t. As comfortable as I am with myself day to day, watching it? It’s just strange.

How do you get over that insecurity?
If we’re so busy trying to change ourselves, especially aesthetically, we’re going to miss out on more important things. I used to live and eat and sleep by an exercise schedule, and I just couldn’t enjoy myself if I didn’t exercise. And then I realized, what a waste of time! Just praying I’d wake up a little fitter, a little more toned. It’s important in the grand scheme of things to keep in shape, but if you’re always worrying about imperfections and how you look, these things aren’t going to change for the most part. The thing you can change is the way you perceive.

What’s the best advice you’d give to a woman struggling to keep a positive body image?
I’d say, it’s not as bad as you think. You are your harshest critic. If you don’t like your body, you can do something about it. It’s in your control and that should be a positive feeling. Put more time into the exercising. You’ll feel better about yourself for actually doing it, not just for how it makes you look. Endorphins are a godsend. And stop looking in the mirror. I try not to look in the mirror very much–you can’t wake up and expect your body to be different than it was last night. You’ve got to realize that you’re living for yourself, not for other people. Nobody’s perfect. Only in Hollywood are people perfect and that’s because they spend thousands of dollars on trainers and diets and surgeries. That’s what we’re made to feel like we’re supposed to look like but if you put it in perspective, there’s nothing realistic about it!

You can also read her “Career Success Secrets” here at Self.com!

Last month, when Allentown native Amanda Seyfried was beating the drum on behalf of her new flick ‘ ‘Letters to Juliet,” she agreed to flash back to her earlier romance ‘ ‘Dear John,” the box office hit that arrives this week on DVD.

”I’m really proud of that movie,” she says. ”It’s about a love that’s real, the kind of love that comes back to you. Even if you’re married for 20 years and have children with someone else, [your first love] can still get under your skin … That’s what ‘Dear John’ is about.”

Directed by Lasse Hallstrom (”Chocolat”) and based on a best-seller by Nicholas Sparks, the old-fashioned weepie revolves around an about-to-be-deployed soldier ( Channing Tatum) who falls in love with an idealistic college student (Seyfried) while on leave in South Carolina. Over seven years, the long-distance lovers discover that illness, family obligations and career obstacles have a way of thwarting romance.

Is it corny? You betcha. But it’s also a surprisingly delicate, mature and sensual study of the ties that bind.

During one sequence in the movie, Seyfried sings a lovely acoustic ballad called ”Little House” to Tatum. The song is just one of a handful she’s penned lately. ”I’m headed into the studio this month to record some things that I’ve written,” says the actress. ”But it’s just for fun.”

After the success of ” Mamma Mia!” Seyfried received record company offers but turned them down. ”I don’t plan to record an album. But who knows? I change my mind about a lot of things all the time. I’m ever evolving.”

Last month, Seyfried ran into singer/songwriter Joshua Radin at a Manhattan hotel and played music with him until 5 in the morning.
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We have a larger version of the Self magazine cover we previewed in the video earlier and also part of the interview. Enjoy!

1.What got you started with performing?
I saw Les Miserables when I was 11 and I just wanted to be part of that world. I always wanted to make people feel something. I knew how I was feeling when I watched certain performances, so drawn in and inspired that I wanted play pretend in order to make other people feel that way.

2. What’s it like watching yourself on-screen?
It’s very hard for me. I used to not care. But recently I’ve been playing the romantic lead, and in order to be romantic lead, you’ve got to kind of be pretty in my opinion. I mean, the good thing is that I’ve got range. I can look young, maybe my age. I can play 18 to 27 and I can also play the unattractive girl and clearly some people think I can play the attractive girl. That is still a mystery to me. I just don’t like my face. And it’s ok. Sometimes you wake up and you like it and sometimes you don’t. But it’s like you don’t have a choice. You’ve just got to be comfortable with yourself. As comfortable as I am with myself day to day, watching it is different. It’s just strange.

3. You started Fordham in 2004 and left for Mean Girls. Was that hard?
I never saw myself going to college. Even when I was looking at different schools, I was like, this really isn’t right. I didn’t show up to my first class, and English Comp class, because I was doing a screen test for Mean Girls. I got to the building where the class was, I was already 15 minutes late and just looked at the elevators, called my parents, and went home.

4. Your career has, deservedly, skyrocketed since Mamma Mia in 2008. How have you changed?
I’m just a little bit smarter. I know myself a little bit more but that’s about it. Experience breeds knowledge. I’ve been on some amazing experiences. What I do, what we all do, especially when we live in big cities and in this industry, it’s like we live on Mars to some people. I have to keep that in perspective too. I might be maturing faster because of the travel I do and people I meet, and the people I’ve become close to. I think that all plays into it.

5. Your character in Letters to Juliet gives advice to the lovelorn. And you gave advice to SELF readers that was really empathetic and insightful. What do you seek advice on?
Love. Sometimes I need encouragement because it gets really hard when you don’t live in the same country. [Seyfried’s boyfriend, her Mamma Mia co-star Dominic Cooper, lives in London.] I get insecure, he gets insecure and sometimes you lose yourself in those insecurities. I love turning to my friends for their perspective. But it’s amazing and I have my life, he has his, and I get to have this great feeling when I know I’m going to see him.

6. What’s a bad day for you?
When someone gets upset with me. I recently had a bad day. It’s exhausting. But as soon I spoke to the person it was all better.

7. Do you enjoy working out? Does it keep you feeling balanced?
There are times when I need it. I really do, sometimes feel like I just need to do something, burn calories, something. It depends on how I’m working. But it’s on a day to day basis. If you don’t have time for it, you can’t freak out.

8. You look incredible. Please say you eat indulgent stuff sometimes!
Yes! I like raw stuff in the morning, a shot of chlorophyll or a ginger lemon drink, but or lunch, I want a piece a pizza.

The L.A. Times has a second interview with Amanda where she discusses her return to “Big Love” and a gorgeous new portrait outtake. Enjoy!

Amanda Seyfried, who exited “Big Love” earlier this year after the show’s fourth season, says she’ll likely make return appearances to the hit HBO series.

“I’m gonna go back, probably at the end of the year,” the actress said during a recent interview, where she was promoting her new film, “Letters to Juliet.”

Seyfried, who on “Big” plays a teenager trying to understand her family’s polygamy, said she left the show because she wanted to pursue film opportunities.

“The commitment [of ‘Big Love’] would have kept me from doing anything this summer, and that’s just not fulfilling enough,” she said. “People were throwing opportunities my way, and I was like, ‘Oh, sorry, I can’t.’ But I was talking to Bill [Paxton] the other day, and he was like, ‘You’re coming back, right?’ And I was like, ‘Absolutely, if I’m not busy working on something crazy, of course I would.’ ”

And what does she have to say about her former cast mate Chloë Sevigny, who notoriously called the show’s fourth season “awful” and “very telenovela”?
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Here’s a great new article from the L.A. Times that’s accompanied by a lovely new portrait photo. Enjoy!

Earlier this week, at an event following the Hollywood premiere of the new movie “Letters to Juliet,” actress Amanda Seyfried found herself under friendly fire. Besieged by back-slapping studio executives and adoring fans — all eager to congratulate her on her role as a young journalist who stumbles into love in Italy — she was pinned down in a restaurant banquette, graciously thanking and hugging admirers as they approached.

But what she really wanted to do was to leave her own party.

“I’m so ready to go,” she sighed while eyeing the next group of people waiting to talk to her. It wasn’t that she was ungrateful for the attention, but rather that she was still rattled after a long day; before the premiere, she had taped an appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, during which she said she had a panic attack. And it was clear that, hours later, she was still feeling anxious.

“I have realized that I hate going to the premieres of the movies that I’m in,” she whispered. “Because I feel this tension after the movie is over that everyone feels obligated to say something nice to you. It’s so unnatural and uncomfortable. You’re not sure if they’re saying it because they feel like they have to or because they genuinely feel that way.”
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Teen Vogue has a gorgeous new shoot with Amanda – perfect for summer! Check it all out below and pick up the issue on newsstands May 25! And remember that Letters to Juliet is out today!

Gallery Links:
2010: Session 015 (Teen Vogue)
2010: Session 016 (Teen Vogue Behind the Scenes)

It’s 3 p.m. on a gorgeous sunny day in Los Angeles, and Amanda Seyfried is sitting at an outdoor café, wearing a light-blue long-sleeve button-down and shorts, her signature glamorously wavy blond hair peeking out from a mustard-yellow cable-knit cap that she made herself. In a bag on the table is a DIY dog-collar kit for Finn, her blue-eyed Australian shepherd who lies lazily at her feet. The actress isn’t hiding under huge sunglasses, sitting in a dark corner, or ignoring the passersby who stop to pet her adorable pup. (In fact, she’s chatting them up, making it difficult for anyone to get a word in edgewise.)

Amanda is the rare young star who has managed to continue to thrive in Hollywood despite having no background in anything remotely Disney or Nickelodeon, and in case you haven’t noticed, she’s having a moment. In the past year, the 24-year-old actress from Allentown, Pennsylvania, has hit a movie genre trifecta—Dear John, a Nicholas Sparks tearjerker; Chloe, an indie thriller; and this month’s rom-com Letters to Juliet. And beyond the occasional red carpet and the Oscars, where she presented alongside Miley Cyrus, the paparazzi have generally left her alone. The closest they’ve gotten are a few snaps of the actress with beau (and Mamma Mia! costar) Dominic Cooper, although one guy was daring enough to follow Amanda and Finn on a recent six-mile hike.

“I don’t really care about paparazzi—like, I’m not wearing makeup right now and I should be—but when someone follows me around on a day like that, a really wonderful, beautiful day . . .” she trails off. “Had I known he was there, I would have been really upset.” Amanda’s going to have to get used to it.

A breakout role as Sophie in 2008′s Mamma Mia!, alongside Meryl Streep, launched the career of the actress, who got her start on daytime soaps As the World Turns and All My Children, but it was her big-screen debut as the ditzy Karen in Mean Girls that first made audiences take notice. “People still come up to me and say, ‘You were really funny in that,’ and I’m like, It’s not me. Tina Fey wrote everything I said!” she says, laughing. “I think I impressed a lot of people in Mean Girls. I don’t know how I pulled that off.”

Proving that her comedy chops weren’t just a fluke (or a gift from Tina Fey), Amanda shined as the nerdy Needy in last year’s Diablo Cody–written horror-com, Jennifer’s Body. Though it didn’t exactly blow up the box office, the film catapulted her into the spotlight. At the end of 2009, she announced that this past season of the HBO drama Big Love would be her last. And after Dear John made over $30 million in its opening weekend, Amanda moved from actress to star. Letters to Juliet is sure to make her a bona fide celebrity.
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