It would be great if people could guess right off that I am Japanese-Finnish-American. But then I'd have to be wearing a kimono and pulling a reindeer. Amy Hill More Quotes by Amy Hill More Quotes From Amy Hill When you're going to spend a couple of weeks with people, you want to be with people that are enjoyable. Amy Hill couple want people When you work with kids, you realize if they have a really good, stable family environment that they're going to be okay. Amy Hill environment realizing kids When the writing is good and it suits your character, you don't have to memorize anything, because it just makes sense. You read it and you go, "Oh, that makes sense." And it's easy. Amy Hill suits writing character If I play one psychic, then I'm playing a psychic at least three or four more times. Amy Hill psychics three play It's a special kind of acting, soap opera acting. It's hard for me. Amy Hill opera acting special They're amazing, these actors who have worked on soaps for years and years and years. They know what they're doing. They don't hold you word-for-word on every line and you can fudge it a little, but they know what they're saying and they repeat it every time they come on. Amy Hill fudge actors years People who work on soaps all the time understand the formula of how to do it. Amy Hill soap formulas people I love to perform and I love to perform characters, and sometimes when I'm doing television and film, I just feel like I'm making a living. I'm good at it, but I'm not really being artistically challenged. Amy Hill sometimes character television You never know how things are going to turn out. Amy Hill turns know-how knows There's still formulaic stuff on network television, but there's also more of an opportunity to have your way with storytelling, especially in sitcoms. That's what the difference is. Amy Hill differences opportunity television Now, you always know there's going to be some compromise when you're doing something for television, and especially network television. Amy Hill compromise knows television I'm really comfortable doing voice-overs, but it's really fun to do animation. Amy Hill animation voice fun I lived in San Francisco for about eight years and I did a lot of improvisation there. The improvisational world ruled the voice world in San Francisco, so I became a voice talent there and did a lot of commercials and worked all the time. But I never could break into animation. Amy Hill eight voice years I naturally think in terms of comedy whenever I see anything because tragedy is so close to comedy, so I like to add the tragedy to the comedy or a little bit of comedy to the tragedy in order to make them both feel more real to me. Amy Hill real order thinking I'm usually sort of ambiguous in terms of whether I'm playing a good person or a bad person. I can walk that line of funny but also dark, and I'm happy doing that. Amy Hill good-person lines dark I've never done any Hallmark movies. I don't know why. Amy Hill hallmark done knows Statutes of limitations exist to ensure a just verdict can be reached, over time witnesses' memories fade, evidence is lost or never found, and in many instances perpetrators or witnesses may be deceased. Amy Hill top-news I'm really comfortable doing voice-overs, but it's really fun to do animation. Those animation talents are hysterical. They're so good, and they're so amazingly quick on their feet. Amy Hill doing good feet fun It's so nice to run into people even now who - if I'm out, a couple of times a week, somebody comes up to me and says, 'I just loved you in '50 First Dates.' That movie is my favorite movie. I just watched it last night.' In my head, I'm always thinking, 'You're kidding me. I never watch anything twice.' Amy Hill me you night people Compared to other forms of drama, performance art is often thought of as inaccessible and overly artsy. I prefer to think of it as storytelling, something that has been with us through the ages and a part of every culture. Amy Hill performance think culture art
