Amy Adams doesn't like to wear "nice clothes" all the time.

The 38-year-old actress shares two-year-old daughter Aviana with her husband Darren Le Gallo.

Amy makes it a point to spend as much quality time with her tot.

After she makes red carpet appearances, she normally swaps her fancy garb for jeans immediately.

"I love that balance," Amy told USA Today.

"I had a talk-show blitz yesterday. I had three hours down, so I raced home, changed out of my nice clothes and we walked to Central Park and did the merry-go-round because I promised her we'd do it before we went back. And she remembers. And then we walked back."

Amy took a year off from work to focus on her baby.

She has returned with a bang, releasing three major films including The Master, Trouble with the Curve and On the Road in 2012.

"It's like having a 'this is your life' moment. This is what I spent the last two and a half years doing," she said.

"It's wonderful and so surreal. The experience of making the film is always the special part."