Anne-Marie Duff Quotes

No one in my family is in entertainment. They thought acting was a fun hobby, and when I got a degree, I'd settle down.

I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do theater, wanting to do independent film. Wanting to break into television or radio.

I've been blessed to have acting opportunities in movies, television, as well as Broadway, and definitely want to continue to do so.

I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three.

No one in my family had ever done anything acting-wise or entertainment industry-wise.

Incidentally, I'm still looking for acting work, my first love.

I'd always dreamt of acting but, in Adelaide, we don't have exposure to the opportunities that make stardom a possibility.

I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film.

I just grew up loving acting and loving entertainment.

I was not thinking about getting into acting in any way.

I took a break from doing music to concentrate on acting.

It's very hard to become an actor in film and television, you have to have such perseverance and you have to really believe that if you have any sort of talent at all, you will find work one day.

I'm a professional and I'll do anything - a poetry reading, television, cinema, anything that allows me to act.

Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors.

I am with the entertainment industry since the age of 12.

I started in theatre, and that took me into film and television.

I want to go back into acting again.

Acting is something that I've always wanted to do and been interested in.

I want to delve into the world of performing.

My dream has always been to be in entertainment.

I have been involved with theatre since I was 13. I never seriously thought I would get into movies though I had every intention of continuing with theatre.

I haven't done the things I've done to be in a sitcom.

The theatre, which is my most comfortable place, unfortunately it's very hard to make a living in.

I would like to be going all over the kingdom...and acting everywhere. There's nothing in the world equal to seeing the house rise at you, one sea of delightful faces, one hurrah of applause!

I knew I wanted to be an actor, and I didn't necessarily need or want to be famous or a celebrity actor. But I wanted to be somewhere where there would be no ceiling on what I could accomplish, and I felt like if I stayed in St. Louis I might have a really great regional theater career or something, but that I wasn't going to be able to get much further than that. And it felt like New York and L.A. were the two places where you could end up being a TV star or you could end up doing regional theater, which would have been fine as well.