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Here's an except of actress Amy Ryan discussing the off-beat character she plays in "Jack Goes Boating" to read full post visit Philadelphia Film Society blog (filmadelphia.org)

Q: How was it playing opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman, while he’s also directing?

AR: To be directed by your leading man.. um… Well, we had the extraordinary experience of rehearsing this movie for two weeks before we shot anything on film… I think it’s just a shift in energy for me, it’s not a director yelling cut, he just says cut.  And then he can whisper something to me after the scene, where other times on set you’ll hear cut and wait for the director to take that dreaded walk towards you as you’re thinking “what’s he gonna say?” Wondering if you messed it up or were on target. So it was truly more intimate.

Q: What do you look for when you’re sent a script?

AR: That I’m not repeating myself. After Gone Baby Gone all the scripts I was offered where drug addicted mothers and it’s like oooh there’s an idea (sarcasm).  So I try to keep making right angle turns. From Gone Baby Gone, I went to The Office. I don’t think I’ll be able to avoid that all the time, because I believe there are only about 8 stories in the world, dressed up in different costumes.  But for me, it’s an instinct, if I start imagining a character, the way they walk and talk… I close the script and later I may be walking down the street and I can’t get them out of my head; it almost like when you meet someone and fall in love or have a crush and literally you can’t stop thinking about them…  But if I’m bored half way through then I know I’m going to be bored on set and that’s never good.