It would be great if people could guess right off that I am Japanese-Finnish-American. But then I’d have to be wearing a kimono and pulling a reindeer. Amy Hill Read Quote
I’m really comfortable doing voice-overs, but it’s really fun to do animation. Those animation talents are hysterical. They’re so good, and they’re so amazingly quick on their feet. Amy Hill Read Quote
I was mortified by my parents – what they did, who they were, everything. I hated who I was. I hated everything, and I would live in a fantasy world and try to be different. But that’s not a lot different, I think, than a lot of kids. Amy Hill Read Quote
As I wrote about my childhood, I realized that there was no big tragedy. Being multiethnic is not a tragedy. I didn’t have any big life-threatening illnesses, no tumors, no kidney malfunctions… I came from a very poor family. I was chubby as a kid. Amy Hill Read Quote
I’m usually sort of ambiguous in terms of whether I’m playing a good person or a bad person. I can walk that line of funny but also dark, and I’m happy doing that. Amy Hill Read Quote
It’s so nice to run into people even now who – if I’m out, a couple of times a week, somebody comes up to me and says, ‘I just loved you in ’50 First Dates.’ That movie is my favorite movie. I just watched it last night.’ In my head, I’m always thinking, ‘You’re kidding me. I never watch anything twice.’ Amy Hill Read Quote
Compared to other forms of drama, performance art is often thought of as inaccessible and overly artsy. I prefer to think of it as storytelling, something that has been with us through the ages and a part of every culture. Amy Hill Read Quote
