Spielberg first met <answer>actress</answer> Amy Irving in 1976 at the suggestion of director Brian De Palma, who knew he was looking for an <answer>actress</answer> to play in Close Encounters. After meeting her, Spielberg told his co-producer Julia Phillips, "I met a real heartbreaker last night.":293 Although she was too young for the role, she and Spielberg began dating and she eventually moved in to what she described as his "bachelor funky" house.:294 They lived together for four years, but the stresses of their professional careers took a toll on their relationship. Irving wanted to be certain that whatever success she attained as an <answer>actress</answer> would be her own: "I don't want to be known as Steven's girlfriend," she said, and chose not to be in any of his films during those years.:295
What was Amy Irving's career?
actress