I'm so fortunate in that I've never had another job to pay a bill but acting, since the day I got out of high school. Amy Ryan More Quotes by Amy Ryan More Quotes From Amy Ryan Usually in stories there are big problems in the beginning or couples are pulling away, there's a lot of bitterness. Amy Ryan pulling-away couple stories It's funny to see the finished product of a movie, stuff that's so beautiful, and to remember the particulars. Amy Ryan stuff remember beautiful The Tonys are also kind of like a homegrown party. You know everybody. Amy Ryan homegrown party kind When you're on a movie and the production department says, "We need old photographs of you - your character - when you were 20-years-old." I usually tell them it's in storage or I had a fire. I go back to these old photos and there's never a good photo or they're of times that I'm so glad I'm out of. They have nothing to do with the character that you're playing, so it feels false. That's one of the hardest things for me in terms of looking back. Amy Ryan term photograph character The Wire,' I was such a fan of that show the first season - I think that's the best-written show on TV. Amy Ryan wire fans thinking When I was growing up I actually was into Bon Jovi! Amy Ryan bon-jovi growing growing-up You know, I don't think, you know, therapy never ends, really. Amy Ryan therapy ends thinking Some jobs you do - maybe you don't - are jobs that pay mortgages and some are art and I don't care about not being paid on those. Amy Ryan mortgage care art 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. Amy Ryan great-freedom actors directors 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. Amy Ryan smart jobs moving 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. Amy Ryan feet doors baby I was actually fortunate that I never had to have any other job than being an actor. I don't have those odd stories of having to make some money here or there, but certainly there are some credits on my résumé I wish I hadn't done. It paid my health insurance, and I say that just from a creative standpoint, shows I'm not that proud of, things like that. Amy Ryan creative done wish It's fun to play happy people. Amy Ryan play fun people 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. Amy Ryan excited scare body Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers. Amy Ryan dependent actors The greatest inspiration I draw upon is, is this city (New York) and riding the subway and watching people and I find that's kind of like the best, the best acting teacher. You know, I wonder, like people who have huge celebrity, sometimes I feel bad, should this be one of their methods 'cause I don't know how they can observe life anymore, because they become the observed. So, I, I appreciate that New York can still do that. Amy Ryan inspiration new-york teacher I can really laugh at myself and make a fool out of myself. Amy Ryan fool i-can laughing I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York. Amy Ryan queens new-york class I know how to separate my own laundry. Amy Ryan laundry know-how my-own 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. Amy Ryan jobs directors thinking
