Amy Ryan Quotes

• Usually in stories there are big problems in the beginning or couples are pulling away, there's a lot of bitterness.

  Amy Ryan

  Couple, Pulling Away, Stories

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• It's funny to see the finished product of a movie, stuff that's so beautiful, and to remember the particulars.

  Amy Ryan

  Beautiful, Stuff, Remember

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• 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

  Directors, Actors, Great Freedom

  "Q&A – Amy Ryan on What Affleck, Eastwood, and the Green Zone Director Have in Common". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. March 2010.

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• 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

  Teacher, New York, Inspiration

  Source: collider.com

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• The Tonys are also kind of like a homegrown party. You know everybody.

  Amy Ryan

  Party, Kind, Homegrown

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• 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

  Thinking, Wire, Fans

  "Amy Ryan" with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. February 21, 2008.

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• When I was growing up I actually was into Bon Jovi!

  Amy Ryan

  Growing Up, Growing, Bon Jovi

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• 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.

  Amy Ryan

  Trying, Directors, Way

  Source: collider.com

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• You know, I don't think, you know, therapy never ends, really.

  Amy Ryan

  Thinking, Ends, Therapy

  "Amy Ryan Exclusive Interview WIN WIN; Also Talks IN TREATMENT and THE OFFICE". Interview with Ron Messer, collider.com. March 24, 2011.

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• 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

  Jobs, Smart, Moving

  "Amy Ryan Interview Green Zone". Roundtable Interview, collider.com. March 10, 2010.

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• 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.

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  Baby, Doors, Feet

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• I love Morocco - it's a real challenge to all five senses. You think you know something, and you don't. It's wonderful. It keeps you on your toes that way.

  Amy Ryan

  Real, Thinking, Challenges

  "Amy Ryan Interview GREEN ZONE". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. March 10, 2010.

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• It's fun to play happy people.

  Amy Ryan

  Fun, Play, People

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• 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

  Scare, Body, Excited

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• Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.

  Amy Ryan

  Actors, Dependent

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• 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

  Character, Photograph, Term

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I can really laugh at myself and make a fool out of myself.

  Amy Ryan

  Laughing, Fool, I Can

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• I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York.

  Amy Ryan

  New York, Queens, Class

  "Q&A: We Heart Amy Ryan". Interview with Nojan Aminosharei, www.elle.com. September 22, 2010.

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• I know how to separate my own laundry.

  Amy Ryan

  Laundry, Know How, My Own

  "Amy Ryan" with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. February 21, 2008.

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• 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?

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  Thinking, Moon, Devil

  Source: collider.com

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• I really don't have a problem showing the ugly side of people. If that means my wearing no makeup, that's fine. To me, that's beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Mean, Makeup

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• I will admit, it's so intoxicating working with Steve Carrell. Creatively and professionally.

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  "Q&A: We Heart Amy Ryan". Interview with Nojan Aminosharei, www.elle.com. September 22, 2010.

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• I'd love to do a costume drama movie. For no other reason, except that it sounds fun to me.

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  Fun, Drama, Sound

  "Here, Baby, Here! Amy Ryan on The Office and Win Win". Interview with Sam Bellikoff, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 18, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Jobs, School, Acting

  "Amy Ryan" with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. February 21, 2008.

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• There are so many choices I made simply for health insurance. Is it the ideal role I wanted to play, or the TV show I wanted to be a part of? No, but it let me afford to go to the doctor.

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  Doctors, Tv Shows, Play

  "Amy Ryan" with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. February 21, 2008.

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