The level of sacrifice in the world of dancing is incredibly intense, that work ethic if nothing else - get up, go to class, rehearsal, performance, get up, go to class - that's your life, and it's like that for a finite time, usually. Anne-Marie Duff More Quotes by Anne-Marie Duff More Quotes From Anne-Marie Duff There are people out there with three jobs and small children. Being an actor is a walk in the park compared to working as a cleaner overnight. I'm lucky I'm not plucking chickens. Anne-Marie Duff jobs children people That's the trouble with the suburbs: it's not a city, so you're not anonymous, and it's not a small town, so that people really care about you, but everybody kind of knows each other's business, so you're very judged. Anne-Marie Duff care cities people The experience of having a child does crack you wide open. I felt like I suddenly had to rebuild the skin that I'd grown over the years before having a child. Perhaps that might be quite interesting in terms of acting. Anne-Marie Duff children years interesting I only went along to youth theatre with a friend when I was young to try to make myself a bit more sociable. But the whole thing was quite sore; it really hurt me trying to get into drama school. It was a world I knew nothing about - it was very middle class; all that usual stuff. But I was young, determined, and I just went for it. Anne-Marie Duff hurt drama school For actors, being successful is generally getting a job. If you can work a lot, you're really successful. If you work a lot on projects that are interesting and intelligent and great fun to be part of, then you're hugely successful. And I feel hugely successful. I can't believe that I get to be involved with the projects and the people I work with. Anne-Marie Duff fun jobs believe Any kind of conflict draws me to a role. Anne-Marie Duff conflict roles kind Healthy love, I always think, is... wanting the person you love to be more of themselves. And I think for a parent that's a challenge, because you have to let a baby spread its wings. Anne-Marie Duff wings baby thinking I think creative people need to do a bit of, you know, tuning into every radio station - you just do, otherwise you don't know much about other people. You kind of have to learn a bit about yourself so you can work out how we all behave and why we do the things we do. Anne-Marie Duff work-out people thinking I'm a right pain in the hole for my agent. I won't take certain parts if I think they're offensive or banal. For instance, I won't do a film if I think it's full of violence for violence's sake, or a television drama if I don't think it's intelligent writing. Anne-Marie Duff pain writing drama I try very hard not to take work home, but it can be tricky. Sometimes it feels as if you are wearing your costume underneath your own clothes! I suppose things are always ticking away in the back of your mind. Anne-Marie Duff clothes mind home I think it helps to have a good old-fashioned trajectory, plodding along. Obviously one has an ego and it's really easy to have that ego tickled, but what helps me get through the night is if I concentrate on just quality of work so that I don't panic about my profile. Anne-Marie Duff ego night thinking I don't look like Catherine Zeta-Jones, so I don't think Hollywood would be that interested in me, to be honest. I just want nice work. Anne-Marie Duff hollywood nice thinking In theatre, there's the director, the writer, and below them the actor. In film, it's the actors who are most important. That goes against the grain for me. Anne-Marie Duff theatre important directors When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family ties to the theatre, either. Anne-Marie Duff stars drama school People at a point of conflict are always the most interesting stories to tell. Anne-Marie Duff stories people interesting You want to have enough of a profile to be able to do all the work you can, but at the same time you want to have your own space. But there are a lot of actors who achieve it, a lot of movie stars even, people like Emily Watson and Cate Blanchett. They seem to be able to carry on with their lives and still produce wonderful, high-profile work. Anne-Marie Duff space stars people Your heart... it's a very fragile muscle. You have to take care of it, be old-fashioned about it. Anne-Marie Duff you take-care care heart I didn't have a teen age at all. I didn't even look at boys, never mind... then suddenly it was like, 'Oh my god!' So I made up for a lot of lost time very quickly. It was kind of bonkers. Working hard, partying hard - but also experiencing life, you know. Anne-Marie Duff age god time life I'm someone who laughs a lot and cries a lot. Anne-Marie Duff laughs lot someone who It's never enjoyable watching yourself. Because you're never as good looking as you hope you are. You're not expecting to be Penelope Cruz... but I'm a female of the species. I have my hang-ups and all of that. Anne-Marie Duff yourself good you hope
