Motherhood opened my eyes: Amy Adams

Actress Amy Adams says becoming a mother to six-year-old Aviana has "opened her eyes" and she is much more "compassionate" now.

The 42-year-old star said she would have also had a completely different approach to cinema if she was childless, reported Femalefirst.

"It would have been a very different performance. I just have a different relationship with compassion since becoming a parent, and compassion for other people - not just my daughter.

"It opened up my eyes and got me outside of myself. I hate to think that I was so wrapped up in my own stuff before I had her but I was, so now I'm able to look at things from a different lens. It took me out of myself," she said.