Amanda Seyfried covers the June issue of Elle UK to promote her role in Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in the West. That’s a Western movie by definition, but Seth has jazzed it up with contemporary language and behavior and (probably) a bunch of rude jokes. The film will probably make a bucketload of money, but it sounds like an annoying movie. I’m sorry to sound so negative straight off the bat. Seth MacFarlane’s humor isn’t for everyone is all I’m saying.

Amanda looks as gorgeous as she always does in this photoshoot. Her amazing Australian Shepherd, Finn, also pops into the photoshoot. She takes that dog everywhere she possibly can — even into the cabins of airplanes. Amanda talks a lot here about fitness and body image and Kate Upton. She adores Kate. She also calls Charlize Theron “a total dude.” Huh:

Justin Long’s role in her life: “I need someone who can make fun of the stick up my ass.”

Working with Charlize Theron: “[She’s] a total dude — so easy. I mean, there’s something intimidating about her; maybe because she’s taller and sheknows who she is. She has no filter and she’s really funny. It shouldn’t be intimidating, but it is.”

Amanda works out every day: “But only for an hour.” She watches what she eats and does “the occasional raw diet for a single week, just to cleanse. I’m just not into hardcore anything. If I go on a diet, I can’t quit something. Emotionally, I need sugar in my life. I like wine. And coffee. It’s like, coffee, you can’t drink coffee?”

We all worry about our bods: “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t constantly aware of what I’m doing with my body. I don’t have to look like a supermodel. I don’t have to have these abs — the camera doesn’t see that. but because we have all been designed to want these things, I’m a victim of this stuff too. Thank God for Kate Upton. She’s a supermodel, she has curves. She’s like the new image of beauty and thank god.”

Her early emotional difficulties: “I had my anxiety and my OCD — a lot of kids have it. You’re afraid of it; you’re afraid of your brain. I didn’t tell people. My parents didn’t even know. I was over organizing. Like, my socks and underwear — it would take me hours to put them away. I still do it sometimes. I have dreams about packing. I am constantly shifting my life around. I bead, I knit, I paint, and I read. So packing is an issue for me. Making sure I have my stuff for those things, and that I have Finn’s stuff, and the stuff that I travel with, like this one little angel that I’ve had since I was born. It’s my guardian angel.”

The tiniest whine: “If I had a structured life, things would be easier for me. And I love my job. But it’s so hard — I landed in New York on Sunday and thought, ‘What am I doing here? What is this apartment?’ It’s so dark, it’s so depressing. It was a shock to the system. And so you have to focus on a simple thing: being mindful.”

She Twitter searches herself: “You can’t take yourself too seriously if you don’t wanna die. Sometimes I read the feed on Twitter where people are talking about me. I was scrolling one day, and there wa something really sweet, like: ‘Amanda heart heart’ and a picture of me. And then there was ‘All movies starring Amanda Seyfried are definitely going to be awful.’ I want to see what people have posted. It’s stupid, I shouldn’t really.”

[From Elle UK]

The anxiety and OCD topics are always interesting to me. Amanda says she’s been on anti-anxiety meds for years and cannot cope without them. Her OCD variety appears to be an organizing and checking type. That seems preferable to the germ-obsessed type (which is torture), but you know, the grass is always cleaner on the other side.

I’m also curious about Amanda’s exercise habits. She’s always been in great shape, but she tore a hip muscle on a recent movie set. She was running in high heels and torqued something bad, so she can’t jog anymore. That hasn’t stopped her from working out every day for an hour. I wonder if she really works out every day? A lot of people say that and do five days a week. Amanda has always talked about how hard it is to stay in movie-ready shape, so I can see why she’d appreciate a supermodel with curves. The reality is that Kate works out like a fiend too, but she brings a different body type to the world of supermodels.

Photos courtesy of Elle UK