Anne-Marie Duff Quotes

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

My dad was a theater actor, so I would follow him backstage. And my mom was a casting director. The moment I heard the applause and realized it would get me out of school, I was hooked.

I did as much theater as I could. I worked at a theme park and a Bible theater and a community theater.

I started when I was really young. I did a lot of local theatre. I always enjoyed it.

In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.'

I come from a family of actors. My grandfather was like a Laurence Olivier with the Comedie Francaise. Since I was four I went every week to the Comedie Francaise. My aunt and grandmother were there, but my grandfather was a big star.

I started acting because I enjoyed school plays.

Drama is where I always thought I would go.

My mum very much wanted me to go into the theatre.

Theatre is where my passion lies - I just love it. I love watching it, and I love doing it.

So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing them, just darling. Lovely. I love actors.

My first lead role was a stage play called 'A Kestrel for a Knave'. I was 11.

Drama is what I did before 'Blossom.'

I played Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz.' That was my first role on stage.

I like actors - I used to be one.

The stage is my first love.

My Mother is an actress, so it's always been a part of my life.

I played Big Mama in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' when I was 20 years old at the University of Michigan.

Theatre was always my passion.

I did a play I think my first six months on the show, called Bullpen. Then I got involved with Theater Forty and did this play called Plastic which is about two male models coming to a casting call.

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.

I would love to have the opportunity to do a play.

I went on countless auditions. I begged my parents until I finally was allowed to be in a theatrical play when I was 13. It was the most important thing in my life.

I grew up doing stage work as a child and as a teenager, so the stage is my home where I feel most comfortable.

I was in a play with Julia Roberts and Paul Newman and Tony Randall.