Amy Irving Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

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 thought that my movie career was finished. I was quite happy to dedicate myself 100% to the theater. Surprisingly enough, I've never gotten so many work offers. It's so exciting, this feeling of a new beginning after 40.

I used to travel in tennis shoes; I am just not allowed to anymore. I'm an old hippie from San Francisco.

I will argue my points; I will have my opinions. But at the end of the day, it's the director's choice.

In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded.

When my career first began, I didn't have children - so there's a whole lot of difference in the way I choose roles now. Not just films for my children, but how long I'm going to be away, and is Dad going to be home while I'm gone. That sort-of factor plays a part.

You walk off the plane in Rio, and your blood temperature goes up. The feel of the wind on your face, the water on your skin, the taste of the food, the music, the sexuality; Brazilians are very comfortable in their sexuality.

Trivia

Amy played quite complicated roles: Deaf woman in the movie Voices (1979) and a Concert Pianist in the movie The Competition (1980).

Amy Irving was listed as one of the 12 "Promising New Actress" of 1979 by John Willis' Screen World magazine.

Amy's first satge performance was in 1974, in Rumpelstiltskin, at the Actor's Workshop, San Francisco.

Amy attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, London, England, from 1972 to 1975.

Amy attended the High School of Music and Art, New York, New York.

Amy is 5' 4" (1.63 m).

Amy was dubbing the singing parts of Jessica Rabbit in the famous 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit, alongside Kathleen Turner, who was the speaking voice.

Amy's parents are Priscilla Pointer and Jules Irving. She has a brother, David Irving, who is a famous TV director by himself, and a sister, Katie Irving.

Amy was married to Steven Spielberg from November 27, 1985, to 1989. They had one child, called Max.