Amy Ryan
Amy Ryan
Amy Ryanis an American actress of stage and screen. A graduate of New York's High School of Performing Arts, she is an Academy Award nominee and two-time Tony Award nominee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth30 November 1969
CityQueens, NY
CountryUnited States of America
actors dependent
Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.
scare body excited
If your body is excited to do something, that's what you should be doing. Or if it really scares you, you should be doing it.
fun play people
It's fun to play happy people.
moon thinking trying
You try to follow suit and the directors I work with, like Sidney Lumet (on film in Before The Devil Knows You're Dead and TV in 100 Centre Street) who thinks actors hung the moon, thinks they can do anything, but he also works really quickly, the same like Clint Eastwood, and so you better also do your homework, you know?
baby feet doors
There are certain things you learn to do as a parent - using every single part of your body because you're multitasking all the time. You're holding the baby and you're closing the door with your left foot.
jobs smart moving
One of the great perks of being an actor is you're only as smart as the job you're in, you know, and you're only as informed as the job you're in, and you do become an expert, and you read all the books, but then there's a part of, like, you move on.
actors directors great-confidence
I find that all great directors, and I would include Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood in that, they have great confidence. And with great confidence comes great freedom for the actor.
trying way saws
You know, there are a lot of directors, like Clint Eastwood (on Changeling) is one where he casts you and you know in many ways that's enough for him and so, you go, ok, well, he saw something. Ok, what is it that he saw? What is it that I brought to this and why am I right for this and not trying to double-guess it and get in your own way and get psyched out, 'cause he trusts so much.
thinking ends therapy
You know, I don't think, you know, therapy never ends, really.
growing-up growing bon-jovi
When I was growing up I actually was into Bon Jovi!
thinking wire firsts
The Wire,' I was such a fan of that show the first season - I think that's the best-written show on TV.
jobs thinking causes
It happens a lot, but I also think of it as not so much like being abandoned by a director 'cause they're worried about a technical aspect, but I think actually that's my job.
party kind homegrown
The Tonys are also kind of like a homegrown party. You know everybody.
beautiful stuff remember
It's funny to see the finished product of a movie, stuff that's so beautiful, and to remember the particulars.