leave. He started talking to me, and John is probably in my top
H i J e n n i f e r , w e l c o m e t o V e n t s ! H o w h a v e y o u b e e n ?
Thank you for the mighty welcome. I have been grand. Dealing with favorite 1 5 humans on earth, but he’s not gonna chat unless he
wants to. So I kind of felt like something was up. A couple days later I
the current heat wave seems to be the biggest thing at the moment.
was in the callbacks. All the gals there had way better resumes than I
H a v i n g b e e n r a i s e d i n a p r o l i f i c a r t i s t i c f a m i l y - d i d y o u l e a n t o w a r d s did, so I just figured I didn’t stand a chance, so to just enjoy my time
acting that day. I thought I fucked it up frankly, but got a call an hour
a c t i n g o r h o w d i d t h a t c o m e a b o u t ?
It’s interesting that you say prolific artistic family. My father certainly later saying I booked it.
was, but that existed between him and the yellow notepad he wrote
his scripts on and then his time on set. Home was VERY low brow. W h a t w a s i t a b o u t A m y t h a t c a u g h t y o u r a t t e n t i o n t h e m o s t ?
Not in a bad way. We watched football, and the guys drank Coor’s That she was someone who had a tremendous amount of shame
Light. My mom was wildly into health, and i just wanted to go outside and guilt about her life, and was going down an entirely new path in
and get dirty as much as possible. My dad was a very fun dad, and the hopes of getting back her son. The inner shame really spoke to
me.
he was as silly as they come. It was great.
I n s e r i e s l i k e t h e s e , t h e r e l i g i o u s ( e s p e c i a l l y t h e o n e s w i t h s h a d y
p a s t ) u s u a l l y f a i l t o a c c o m p l i s h t h e i r m i s s i o n - f i r s t o f a l l , d o e s A m y
h a v e a n y m i s s i o n a t a l l ?
Yes, well, I think most people fail. And then fail again, and then fail
better - it’s the beckett quote. And this is bound to happen to anyone
who strives. Also, some of us have more of a darkness than othersW
And it can really be a beast Amy has a mission: First, after
endangering the life of her son, to turn her own life around, so that
she might stand a chance at having a relationship with him. But then
H a v i n g f o u n d i n c r e d i b l e s u c c e s s w i t h t h r e e E m m y ’ s u n d e r y o u r b e l t , her mission becomes much bigger than that, to recruit and save as
i n t h e s o a p o p e r a f i e l d - w h a t m a d e y o u m o v e t o w a r d s o t h e r a r e a s o f many lives as others. In fact I think it’s the only thing keeping the
darkness at bay for her. She is someone who, if she takes one small
T V a n d f i l m ?
I never planned on working on a Soap Opera. I had never seen one! step off that path, I do believe, all hell would break loose.
I just wanted out of college really desperately. So, it was my first
theatrical audition I think, certainly my first week with my manager, W i t h o u t g i v i n g a n y s p o i l e r s , h o w d o y o u p e r s o n a l l y h o p e f o r t h e
and I booked this job on “As The World Turns.” I was only supposed r e l a t i o n s h i p t o p l a y o u t o n t h i s s e a s o n a n d h o p e f u l l y m o v e o n ?
to be there for a day, but they brought me back for reshoots and More than staying together, I want them both to be changed in some
turned it into a three year gig. My teachers at NYU told me not to irrevocable way. In my fantasy down the line, I sort of loved the idea
take it and I can understand why, but I just needed to get out of the that Amy would have to compromise her faith in some way in order to
protect the pope, and that small step off the path leads to a complete
scholastic box.
unraveling on her part.
D i d y o u r a p p r o a c h t o a c t i n g c h a n g e o n c e y o u l e f t y o u r c a r e e r a s a
s o a p a c t r e s s o r d o y o u s t i l l b o r r o w s o m e i n s p i r a t i o n f r o m t h o s e d a y s . I k n o w y o u c o m e f r o m a s o m e w h a t r e l i g i o u s h o u s e h o l d - d i d y o u
b r i n g s o m e o f y o u r o w n p a s t a n d p r e s e n t i n t o t h i s r o l e f o r t h e
W h e r e d i d y o u d r a w y o u r
I would say that my super powers as an actor are things that I had to c h a r a c t e r a s f a r a s b e l i e f g o e s ?
be able to do on a soap. I mean you have to be able to experience i n s p i r a t i o n f r o m f o r A m y ?
real tragedy in that world, and if you aren’t going th