Amy Irving
Amy Irving
Amy Davis Irvingis an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Yentland for the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for Crossing Delancey. She made her Broadway debut in Amadeus in 1980 and went on to receive an Obie Award for the 1988 Off-Broadway production of The Road to Mecca. Her other film appearances include Carrie, The Fury, Micki & Maude, Anastasia: The Mystery of Annaand Traffic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth10 September 1953
CityPalo Alto, CA
CountryUnited States of America
In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded.
I'm not very good when people work out of friction... tension. Shouters. Even it's not at me, but just around me - if I get tense, my creative juices don't flow as freely. I really like kindness. I also don't work well with directors that smoke cigars.
Theater actors know what their motivation is for each scene. They treat it very seriously as a craft. You do your homework. The reason I always need to go back to theater is the most stimulating moments are in rehearsal... whereas often in film, you've go to do it on your own.
I will argue my points; I will have my opinions. But at the end of the day, it's the director's choice.
I used to travel in tennis shoes; I am just not allowed to anymore. I'm an old hippie from San Francisco.
There is a sort of creative purity in an independent film, in the passion of the director, the passion of the crew. They're not getting a whole lot of money, so you know they are not there because they want to get rich. Instead, they are there because they want to make a movie. In the bigger films, I remember when I used to do those, it's just a job for a lot of people, so there is less of an intense energy devoted to the whole project.
One of my problems is that I'm very honest and direct. You pay a price for that.
In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded.
And you know, the baby boomers are getting older, and those off the rack clothes are just not fitting right any longer, and so, tailor-made suits are coming back into fashion.
I have a passion to do theater.