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 RyanThe 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 RyanIf 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 RyanIt 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