Amy Ryan
speaker
134 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 28 May
Amy Ryan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They'd become acquaintances that night, though his ego had been bruised and it was another two parties before he had the courage to ask her out.
Without knowing they'd one day be married, he'd assumed he'd merely humiliated himself in front of a beautiful woman.
He spent days after their first meeting trying to come up with the response that in a kinder world, he would have been able to deliver in the freak of a moment.
Back then, he eventually managed to come up with a line that satisfied him, though it was of no real use since the opportunity had passed.
But like with the whiskey, this was another chance.
He could do it better.
Well, not just this.
Everything.
Any instance in which he'd accidentally hurt or disappointed her was now no longer a dimension of his personal history.
Any misunderstanding that could have been avoided now would be.
And it all started with this retort, which he'd crafted painstakingly so long ago.
It's funny you should mention it, he said to his not-then-yet wife.
Here he paused.
savoring the moment before he delivered his joke, hardly believing his luck that this could all be possible.
Arnold, pay me $40 not to tap dance.
Anna tilted her head to one side, the way she did when she was unsure what to make of something.
Oh no, he'd been certain this was a good joke.
I mean, to him, the funniness had been in the implication that his stillness at the edge of the party had not been the result of his obvious shyness, but rather an act of restraint.
I mean, the joke suggested that he wanted more than anything to tap dance at a party.
I mean, so much so that he gained a reputation, and Arnie had called him beforehand saying something to the effect of, Felix, we can't have you tap dancing again, so how does $40 sound to lie low for the night?
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