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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Your heart... it's a very fragile muscle. You have to take care of it, be old-fashioned about it. — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Oh, I must be ambitious, mustn't I? I'm sure I always have been. I think you can only get away with pretending… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The life of an actor is very random. It can be exhilarating but terrifying - you do wonder day to day where… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was very lucky in that my parents were very broad-minded. Because they had come from another country and hadn't been able… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I've been shocked by film actors - 25 and under - having such confidence and cockiness to rewrite a scene. My background… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
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… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I think creative people need to do a bit of, you know, tuning into every radio station - you just do, otherwise… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
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… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I've been shocked by film actors - 25 and under - having such confidence and cockiness to rewrite a scene. My background is more… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I think age is sometimes just a number. But it's a real joy. Young actors don't come with any of the baggage that we… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I didn't really inhabit myself until I was in my 30s. And motherhood is an epic event. You can't help but be altered by… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I'm always dancing in my kitchen. And I love to sing. I've always sung. My father was a lovely singer. Always sang Jim Reeves… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
The first thing that attracts me to any script is the writing. If I find myself becoming lost in a good yarn, then I… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I only went along to youth theatre with a friend when I was young to try to make myself a bit more sociable. But… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I am very lucky. I have known wonderful romantic love in my life but to actually see this little creature and find him to… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
You want to have enough of a profile to be able to do all the work you can, but at the same time you… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I didn't really know anything about Margot Fonteyn. I'd never really been a ballet child, so I had no idea what an incredibly huge… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
