Amy Ryan

'The Wire,' I was such a fan of that show the first season - I think that's the best-written show on TV.

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

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.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.