Books, Brian O’Driscoll and Becoming a Mum – Her.ie Meets Amy Huberman

Amy Huberman is a writer, actress, wife and mother but she’s also adding judge to her résumé thanks to the upcoming Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards. We sat down with her this week to have a chat about her involvement in the project as well as that hubby of hers and what she plans to do next.                                                                                 Here’s what she had to say on... The Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards “When I was at school I would have loved to have done something like this and I think it’s a really positive thing because it’s about friendship. I think that’s really nice in schools because there’s so much of this bullying talk. It’s cool as well because it’s a fun thing, there are great prizes and it doesn’t seem as strict. They can do videos, they can write scenes and they can act them out. It just seems to be a really nice environment to kind of nurture the creative side. I might enter!” The Anticipation Surrounding Her New Film The Stag “I suppose you want to get good reviews but it’s really not the be all and end all. And you can’t please everybody with these things. I don’t really feel that much pressure because it’s the guys’ story. I’m playing a support part and it’s an ensemble piece so we’re all in it together but I think it will do well and it’s gotten really good feedback so far.” (We cannot wait to see it!) Returning to Work After Becoming a Mum “I am enjoying being back. She (Sadie) was very little when I still had things to do, the Newbridge stuff and the shoe thing so I went to Australia and then said I was taking the rest of the summer off which was really nice, but a scary thing to do when you work for yourself... I think it’s a strange job because you don’t have a set maternity leave and this job is all momentum and you don’t want to lose that, but at the same time there are bigger things in life and I’m all about a balance. I’ve done a couple of things over the last while and I have an innate hunger to do something  else. I’m glad that hasn’t gone away. It’ll be harder juggling things but I have a really great backup at home and it’ll be good to tell Sadie all my stories.” Missing Threesome “I do miss Threesome and it’s one of those things that everyone was saying that it had been pulled which it wasn’t. It was cast commitments and that was the reason it didn’t go again. It was a huge success and they really wanted to do it. Id’ say never say never but I think at the moment, it’s kind of gone on a little too long. I don’t know if the time would be right now... I loved it. It was one of my favourite jobs.” Brian O’Driscoll’s Retirement “It was the first thing I thought when the New Year rang in. I thought he’s retiring this year... I think there’ll be a bit of a transition period. We’re both looking forward to it. I know he’ll miss it. I’ll miss it. I’ve made great friends that I’ll keep but there’s a social element to it as well. I’ve been on some great trips abroad to Australia and New Zealand, Italy and France, and I’ve become very close to some of the girls.” Adding to The Family “I think for me personally it won’t be for a while. I feel like we’re getting our life back together now. She’s going to be one in three weeks so it’s a really nice age and time.  Sadie has a personality and I’m not so sleep deprived now. I can actually think straight so yes, it feels easier and I’m in no rush to jump right back into that.” Her Next Book “I miss the writing but I’m not going to write a book for a while. I wouldn’t rule it out but I don’t want to do another one because I think it’s a pressure you put on yourself and it suddenly becomes this thing. It took me a long time to do the last one. I might do a bit of screenwriting. I haven’t done it before and I don’t know if I’d be any good at it but I might just because I might be able to do it faster which is always a bonus. It’s hard to know when you’re going to have time.” Girl Crushes “I have many... I love Amy Poehler and Kristin Wiig, all those guys at Parks and Recreation and Saturday Night Live. I crush on them a lot and Tina Fey. I just think they’re incredibly smart, funny women who don’t seem to take the whole thing seriously which is quite nice. They’re genuinely funny people and they seem nice as well.” Her Favourite Disney Princess “Who’s my favourite Disney Princess? Well, one of my favourite films was The Little Mermaid so probably Ariel. She had so much adversity to overcome and that little song about how she wanted to walk up where the people walk... but she’s not a princess though.” (It’s okay, we’ll let that fact slide because it’s you Amy.)   For further information on the The Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards, which take place on April 9th, visit www.bordgaisenergy.ie/schools