(B.A. French, Minor Italian)
Amy.Scribner@warnerbros.com
Immediately upon graduating from Skidmore as a French Major and Italian minor,
I worked for a gourmet food importing company in New York City which imported
products from France and Italy, hence requiring a tri-linguist. It was a great
initiation into the corporate world; however, it made me realize that I really
was an actor/writer which, fortunately, I still am. I spent two summers teaching
theatre at the Leysin American School (international student body) in Leysin,
Switzerland (French part) where I employed my language skills again, including
chaperoning the students on week-long trips to France and Italy. Further testimony
to my love of language and travel is my recent one-woman show which ran in New
York and L.A., entitled Around the World in Amy Days. I continue to travel to
Europe frequently.
I currently have two full time jobs - Writer/Producer in On Air Promotions at
Telepictures here in L.A. and also actor/writer. I owe it all to Skidmore that
on my resume I can write "Fluent French, Italian, working knowledge of Spanish"
,and I've been hired many times because of it, especially in voiceovers.
I have one piece of advice for students - study what you love and the rest will
follow!!