Amanda Seyfried: 'Lovelace' is 'riskiest thing'

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Amanda Seyfried knew that playing porn star Linda Lovelace in the upcoming feature film Lovelace (in theaters Aug. 9) would raise some eyebrows.

"I read the script and I was like, 'Wow, this is the riskiest thing that's happening (in Hollywood) right now,'" she says in the August issue of Ellemagazine. "The first thing you think about is that it could have ruined my career. At the same time, I was like, 'This is my chance to show them, to show the industry, to be recognized.'"

Other random thoughts from the Elle interview:

On the need for physical attraction in a relationship:

"Everybody I've dated I've been sexually attracted to immediately. Sparks don't grow —- your vagina doesn't become more inclined to wanting someone just because you're around them."

On her ex-boyfriend Dominic Cooper:

"We love each other. … He'll always be in my life regardless of what his girlfriends or future wife think. I'm never going to be with a guy that can't deal with my friendship with him."

On her current crush:

"(He's) someone separate from my industry life — I've known him since he was 16. … I picture him as the father of my children all the time. But it is a fantasy right now."