Amy Irving Quotes

"Actors are not a great breed of people, I don't think. I count myself as something of an exception. I grew up in the theater, and my values were about the work, and not being a star or anything like that. I'm not spoiled in that way, and if I fight for something, it's about the work, not about how big my trailer is."
-Amy Irving

"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."
-Amy Irving

"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."
-Amy Irving

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

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

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

"Brazilians need to work on their own national pride. I always think that they suffer from national low-self esteem. It's a lesser-developed country, and they have struggled so much. Sometimes they have an attitude that, if it's Brazilian, it can't be good."
-Amy Irving