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've been shocked by film actors - 25 and under - having such confidence and cockiness to rewrite a scene. My background…

— 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

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

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

Never trust a man who doesn't like Elvis.

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

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

— 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

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

— Anne-Marie Duff

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.…

— Anne-Marie Duff

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

When my baby was born, I felt like somebody had spiked my drink, and I suddenly was so full of love that…

— 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

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

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

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

— Anne-Marie Duff

Any kind of conflict draws me to a role.

— 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 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

There are people out there with three jobs and small children. Being an actor is a walk in the park compared to…

— Anne-Marie Duff