Anne-Marie Duff

But I think that's kind of the actor's virus in a way.

Because we all feel a little bit like we're in a casino.

Or you lose everything and it's gone, it's over.

Goodbye.

Because that's our constant fear that it will just all run out.

You'll run out of acting and you'll run out of work.

I suppose it was just the fact that I would get to do it all day, every day.

My God, I couldn't get enough.

I was so greedy, so hungry, you know, all day, every day.

And that there would be no compromises.

You know, I had all the sort of grandiose and the self-righteousness of youth and the belief that theatre could change the world.

And I had all of that going for me.

I was very, very idealistic.

Oh no, I was always being told I was terrible.

Oh my God, I was always on... What was the criticism?

There was a sort of system at the drama centre where you would be given a term's notice.

If you were not up to scratch, the beginning of the term, you would be told...

Improve or you're out.

The amount of warnings that I was on, but of course, with hindsight you go, it was a tactic with certain students, but not with all.

There was a lot of kids who came in and they were just asked to leave.