Anne-Marie Duff

I'm not a great beauty. That's not me.

— Anne-Marie Duff

Never trust a man who doesn't like Elvis.

— Anne-Marie Duff

I'm someone who laughs a lot and cries a lot.

— Anne-Marie Duff

Any kind of conflict draws me to a role.

— Anne-Marie Duff

You just grow up and learn to think instead of just feel.

— Anne-Marie Duff

There are some roles you just don't say 'no' to. Those compass points: you get them so rarely as an actress.

— Anne-Marie Duff

People at a point of conflict are always the most interesting stories to tell.

— Anne-Marie Duff

I'm always dancing in my kitchen. And I love to sing. I've always sung. My father was a lovely singer. Always sang…

— Anne-Marie Duff

Nothing is more diminishing than trying to control success or hold on to things.

— Anne-Marie Duff

I didn't really inhabit myself until I was in my 30s. And motherhood is an epic event. You can't help but be…

— Anne-Marie Duff

You can't worry too much about profile; otherwise, you become a different kind of actor, and that's not the kind of actor…

— Anne-Marie Duff

Your heart... it's a very fragile muscle. You have to take care of it, be old-fashioned about it.

— Anne-Marie Duff

I was quite shy. I used to write stories all the time, and I think that was a worry for my parents.

— Anne-Marie Duff

In theatre, there's the director, the writer, and below them the actor. In film, it's the actors who are most important. That…

— Anne-Marie Duff

Healthy love, I always think, is... wanting the person you love to be more of themselves. And I think for a parent…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I try very hard not to take work home, but it can be tricky. Sometimes it feels as if you are wearing…

— Anne-Marie Duff

It's a privilege to do what I do for a living - to take people out of their miserable day, or to…

— Anne-Marie Duff

We thought we were going to have a girl, so we had 15 girls' names lined up and a little boy popped…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I am very lucky. I have known wonderful romantic love in my life but to actually see this little creature and find…

— Anne-Marie Duff

The first thing that attracts me to any script is the writing. If I find myself becoming lost in a good yarn,…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I admire people who overcome obstacles or who have to commit - I've always really admired commitment, whether it be a commitment…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I only went along to youth theatre with a friend when I was young to try to make myself a bit more…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I think age is sometimes just a number. But it's a real joy. Young actors don't come with any of the baggage…

— Anne-Marie Duff

You want to have enough of a profile to be able to do all the work you can, but at the same…

— Anne-Marie Duff

The life of an actor is very random. It can be exhilarating but terrifying - you do wonder day to day where…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I was desperately shy when I was wee. Totally lacked confidence socially. When I look back at school photographs, I'm always the…

— Anne-Marie Duff

For actors, being successful is generally getting a job. If you can work a lot, you're really successful. If you work a…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I didn't really know anything about Margot Fonteyn. I'd never really been a ballet child, so I had no idea what an…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I think American drama is at its best when it takes the domestic and makes it epic, like a Greek tragedy in…

— Anne-Marie Duff

When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family…

— Anne-Marie Duff

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…

— Anne-Marie Duff

That's the thing - you do a job like 'Shameless,' and suddenly that's why you can get a job like 'The Virgin…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I think it helps to have a good old-fashioned trajectory, plodding along. Obviously one has an ego and it's really easy to…

— Anne-Marie Duff

People can be a bit flagrant when they're having an affair. Most of the time, there's an element of it where they…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I sometimes think it's like a weird elastic band. The more tragic your work is, the quicker you snap back. There's a…

— Anne-Marie Duff

The experience of having a child does crack you wide open. I felt like I suddenly had to rebuild the skin that…

— Anne-Marie Duff

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…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I didn't have a teen age at all. I didn't even look at boys, never mind... then suddenly it was like, 'Oh…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I remember I was unsure about doing 'Shameless.' I'd never acted in anything so commercial. I read the script in the garden…

— Anne-Marie Duff