Amy Ryan Quotes

I like working with Bob Odenkirk.

You can never tell when an artist really will take up someone's work and work with it happily.

I'd work with Danny Boyle every day of the week. No matter what he was doing I would do that.

I've been in this business a long time, and I've worked with a lot of different directors now. It's cool to get the chance to work with the same guy several times.

F. Gary Gray, I think, is one of the best directors I've ever worked with in my life, and I'd love to work with him again.

Having a connection and chemistry with a director is really key.

It is a total treat to get to work with James Cromwell.

Working with Atanu again after 'Mayurakshi' is quite a challenge for me.

I've worked with Jonah Nolan on several projects. I really love collaborating with him.

In the creative sense, I'm looking forward to collaborating with people I have mutual respect for to create some really good work.

These last few years, working with Tim Burton, it's been the best time I've ever had.

When I give over to somebody's vision rather than have an idea of what I need to do, it takes me to places I wouldn't have got to by myself. I'm always attracted to a strong director.

You have to really work with someone who you think is going to be a collaborator, who you think understands what you want to do with this movie and how you want to do it.

Jennifer Aniston and I have always just really gotten along well... I was just fortunate to be a good fit for parts in her films.

'Let's Get Harry' was where I met Bob Singer and worked with him for the first time, and then 'Reasonable Doubts' was the second time, and there was a thing after that called 'Charlie Grace' that was the third time. I liked working with Bob. A nice man and a good partner.

Out of all the actors I have worked with, I love working with Larry Hagman the most. We were very close and it was just a wonderful time.

I have worked with some very great directors.

What goes on between the actor and director is sacred.

'The Homesman' is my third collaboration with Tommy Lee Jones as director, and each time, I am aware of how fortunate I am.

To be honest, my partner Natasha is my inspiration. She is who I reference when searching for my role. I don't emulate what she does, but her interpretation of Giselle is so fragile and sensitive and so tender. It constantly inspires me. And I feel like it's the other way around. We have a great rapport together.

I love Malcolm Lee and jumped on the opportunity to work with him as a director.

You hope and pray that you'll get involved with a director that you understand and who has the same sensibility as you do and knows how to push you and bring out the best in you.

In every shoot, between the actor and the director there is manipulation. I'm not saying that negatively. It's healthy.

I see my actors as my collaborators.

Usually, with me, the project is always the second thing. The film-maker comes first. Films grow out of the relationship.