Amy Irving Net Worth

Amy Irving's Quotes

• I get along great with directors, but I think some producers would tell you I'm a pain. They may say I'm tough to work with, but I have a great passion for what I do. I believe in fighting for it.
• (1977, about her decisions on working with her then partner) I would love to work for Steven [Spielberg] but, right now, I want to make it on my own first. I do not ever want to be known as "Steven Spielberg's girlfriend".
• During my marriage to Steven, I felt like a politician's wife. There were certain things expected of me that definitely weren't me. One of my problems is that I'm very honest and direct. You pay a price for that. But then I behaved myself and I paid a price too.
• I used to travel in tennis shoes; I am just not allowed to anymore. I'm an old hippie from San Francisco.
• Actors are not a great breed of people, I don't think. I count myself as something of an exception. I grew up in the theater, and my values were about the work, and not being a star or anything like that. I'm not spoiled in that way, and if I fight for something, it's about the work, not about how big my trailer is.

Interesting Facts about Amy Irving

1. Her prenuptial agreement with filmmaker Steven Spielberg netted her an estimated cool $100m when the couple separated in 1989.
2. Daughter of Priscilla Pointer and Jules Irving. Niece of Richard Irving.
3. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 31 (1979).
4. When she reprised her role from Carrie (1976) as Sue Snell in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), Irving can be seen banging on the door of the ill-fated party to be allowed in. She did the same thing in the original film in which her character is banging on the door of the gym to be let in during the famous bloodletting prom scene.
5. She was the subject of a running joke in the comic book E-Man, published by Charlton Comics and later by First Comics. One of the supporting characters, Teddy Q, a sentient (though mute - think Snoopy-like) koala, was in love with her, and frequently sent her fan mail.
6. Younger sister of director David Irving and Katie M. Irving.
7. Has played wife to Brazilian director Bruno Barreto since 1990 and has a son, Gabriel Barreto, by him. They eventually married in 1996.
8. In addition to being the first-ever "winner" of the Worst Supporting Actress Razzie (for her performance opposite Willie Nelson in Honeysuckle Rose (1980)), she is one of four actors to receive an Oscar and Razzie nomination for the same film role: she for Yentl (1983), James Coco for Only When I Laugh (1981), Glenn Close for Hillbilly Elegy (2020) , and Maria Bakalova for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020) (Coco, Close and Bakalova additionally nominated for a Golden Globe). Bakalova's Razzie nomination, however, was in the Worst Screen Combo category alongside Rudy Giuliani, her name ultimately removed from the final ballot to be replaced by "[Giuliani's] pants zipper". Beyond Irving's previously mentioned win (or loss depending on perspective) for Honeysuckle Rose, she, Coco, Close, and Bakalova would not win from any of these nominations, although Giuliani and his pants zipper would prevail in that category.
9. Has two sons, Max Spielberg (born June 13, 1985), with Steven Spielberg, and Gabriel Barreto (born May 4, 1990), with Bruno Barreto.
10. Often co-stars with her mother, Priscilla Pointer, who usually plays her mother or mother-in-law.
11. Has appeared with her real-life mother Priscilla Pointer in seven films: Carrie (1976), Honeysuckle Rose (1980), The Competition (1980), Micki + Maude (1984), Rumpelstiltskin (1987), A Show of Force (1990) and Carried Away (1996).
12. She's completely opposed to cosmetic surgery.
13. Desperately wanted to play the role of Lydia Maxwell in Innerspace (1987), which Steven Spielberg (her husband at the time) was working on as executive producer, but she lost the role to Meg Ryan.
14. Auditioned for the roles of Stephanie in Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).
15. The scene in Carrie (1976) where her character Sue Snell is walking along the footpath to put flowers on Carrie's burnt house (dream sequence). Director Brian De Palma wanted Amy to walk backwards in that shot in order to make it look more "dreamy". That explains why a car in the background appears to be driving in reverse and birds are flying backwards.
16. In 1965, she appeared in a play as a walk-on opposite Stacy Keach.
17. Replaced Jane Seymour in the role of Constanze Webber on the Broadway play "Amadeus" from 1981 to the show's end in 1983.
18. As a favor for Robert Zemeckis, she sang "Why Don't You Do Right?" for sultry heroine Jessica Rabbit in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Kathleen Turner supplied the character's speaking voice. However, Irving did not receive a paycheck for her work.
19. Was originally going to play Marion Ravenwood in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), but split from her director boyfriend at the time Steven Spielberg who was responsible for the film. The two later got together again in around 1984.
20. Amy Irving and Willie Nelson started a relationship on the set of Honeysuckle Rose (1980) (despite his marriage). However, Irving later left Nelson for Steven Spielberg.