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1st July 2019
02:33pm BST
As for her own writing, although it has been eight years since she wrote a book, Amy isn't closing the door on that chapter.
"It's been a while since I've written a book and yeah, I get asked sometimes 'are you going to write another one?' And I'm like 'I will, I will'."But, creating content isn't easy and so, Amy has learned to distance herself from the opinion of others and remember that everyone isn't always going to always like what you create and that's OK too.
"I think if you put yourself under that pressure [writing a book], you have to enjoy the process and be true to the process and be honest about it, and almost separate the end goal because that can become overwhelming."Continuing, Amy revealed that the process is similar to acting. Explaining that after years in the industry, she now grasps that uncertainty is part and parcel of the outcome and all you can do is your best.
"Being an actor for as many years as I have, you learn you have so little control over the process that you kind of become adapt to dealing with that quite quickly. You know you don't control any of it. "You have to learn to navigate that road of really not knowing outcomes or things like that which can be scary but, you just learn how to deal with it in good and in bad. "Like Amy explains, it's all about growing a thick skin. Last week, Amy made headlines in Irish news for a snap she shared while on a trip to New York alongside her husband, former Irish rugby star, Brian O'Driscoll. While the pair were in the big apple, Amy met with a J1 student whose mother had reached out to Amy to look out for her son while she was in the city. Irish mammies, eh? Seeing the comment, the student named Seán contacted Amy and the pair met up to ring the mammy and let her know all was good stateside.
"We were standing there with our bags and he arrived with his mates and we rang his mum. His mum was so lovely she was great craic. At first she was like 'I don't have my hair and makeup done!' and I was like 'you're grand, it's only on FaceTime!'.
"But it's so Irish, the J1, the mam, being over abroad, we were just like come on, we have to do it."Amy will be taking part in the Diet Coke Book Club on August 30 in the Marlin Hotel in Dublin. Aside from that, two other book events will be happening as part of the same series in both Cork and Belfast.
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