OrientalPrincess asked for some pre-James interviews with Anne-Marie on another thread and I thought I'd post the links I have here. The first is very on topic about the film. The second shows that she was talking a little bit more about her relationship with David Tennant than she might today.

Peter Mullan & Anne-Marie Duff: Interview about the making of The Magdalene Sisters

Breaks from love keep my passion alive;

IRISH actress Anne-Marie Duff knows just how to keep the passion alive in her romance with actor David Tennant.

She says it's their frequent separations that keep the relationship fresh and exciting.

"I'm in love, I'm walking around with a sunshine burst around my head," says 25-year-old Anne-Marie, who shot to fame in TV classics The Aristocrats and Amongst Women.

Anne-Marie is currently winning critical acclaim starring with Helen Mirren in the play Collected Stories in London's West End.

She spent last summer on the Isle of Wight with Lynda Bellingham and Saira Todd filming a new ITV series, Reach For The Moon, and now she is off to Stratford for six months to join the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Anne-Marie, 25, believes it's fatal for couples to be too dependent on each other.

"Our separations keep things fresh," she says. "We have our own space, and stories to tell each other when we're back together.

"We both work a lot, so one of us is never in a terrible state of insecurity about work. There are no power struggles in that way."

Anne-Marie and David met while playing husband and wife in the West End play Vassar. They became close during rehearsals and the romance took off from there.

"It's a lovely relationship and we're really good friends," she says. "David's very organised and helps sort out my mess which is brilliant because I'm always in a complete state. I'm terrible at time management and sorting out my life.

"My flat is very messy whereas his is neat and pristine.

"I think I'm quite good at loosening him up, so that balances things."

Asked about marriage, she says: "That's not even a question, not an issue. But I'm in love. I'm more in love all the time as we find out more and more about each other.

"David saw the play I'm doing with Helen Mirren three times before we'd even opened. He was very supportive during rehearsals because I was saying over and over again, 'I don't know if I can do this'. He was great, he kept me going."

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