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Jan 11 09 2:06 AM
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Anyone not familiar with what Julia and Aunt Mimi look like, here's a few photos. Julia: Aunt Mimi: Julia reminds me of Charlotte Rampling. Kristen Scott Thomas will certainly be a nicer looking Aunt Mimi, but I still see the resemblence.
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Jan 11 09 4:27 AM
Sometimes, on a bad day, I see myself on screen and I think I look like Bilbo Baggins - I've got a touch of the hobbit about me. These big old green eyes and a face which sometimes looks great but usually just looks funny. I actually think that's quite nice, it's interesting. I'm not too hung up about that kind of thing. I don't worry if people think I'm ugly or beautiful - I just worry about being a nice person.
I know I'm not the most beautiful girl in the world but I'm all right, not too bad. Like most people, some days I look good, some days I look rough - I think I've got quite a healthy, realistic approach to it all. That's probably because my looks aren't really my currency - I clearly don't look like a supermodel, so that's never been my number-one priority. If it was, I'm sure I'd find it very difficult. I mean, if you're a celebrity you tend to get cast for yourself, but if you're an actor you're cast on the ability to transform yourself.
Sometimes the director will have a certain look for a character in their head, but you can't actually allow yourself to worry about that because there's nothing you can do. If they are like, "Oh, I thought this character should be tiny and Anne-Marie's five foot seven", well, that ain't gonna happen is it, however hard I act?
I just try to be different in each character I play because they are all very different women. I'm really lucky because every time I do something I don't tend to look much like myself at all - I'll have all my hair chopped off or I'll be wearing a wig or whatever. So I seldom get recognised.
I know there's been quite a furore over Shameless [Paul Abbott's Channel 4 comedy drama], but I'm staying on the west coast of Ireland at the moment so I've missed it all. I'll see when I get back, when I'm mooching about the shops, if I get any reaction and get recognised - I might do because Fiona [her character in Shameless] is the closest to how I look normally. I had a great time playing her because I had the chance to be quite gregarious. She's interesting because she's strong but she's also got an intriguing vulnerablity. I'm 33 and she is supposed to be 20 - I tend to play people who are a wee bit younger than me anyway, which is very flattering.
When I was in The Magdalene Sisters, it was important for the story-telling process to not feel terribly attractive. Any sexuality you had was wiped away from you. We had a laugh about it and would joke that when we finished we were all going to go and have our legs waxed. Playing Fiona was completely different - she's got that lovely glamour that a lot of girls have. It's not about how much you've got it's about how you use it. You might not have a lot of money but you can still be quite a peacock and dress up. I loved that. It's funny because I found guys really like that look - you don't think they would so much, but yeah, they do. They would laugh and make comments on the set. It was a giggle and it made me feel quite flirty. Myself and the costume designer went shopping for Fiona's clothes. It's all part of the character creation process - you start to find things and think, "Oh, that's so her, of course she'd wear that."
As an actor you're dead lucky because you get to see yourself in so many different ways. Most women, when they get married, put on a dress and it's astonishing for them to see themselves look so transformed. Whereas I'm completely used to seeing myself in very different lights. It's great fun. That makes it sound like acting is all about dressing-up, but it isn't - it's just a really nice part of the job. Source
Jan 11 09 4:37 AM
First holiday memory?
I have a vivid memory of pebbles hurting my feet on the beach in Devon when I was small. My first proper holiday memory is going to Bognor Regis with my family and some friends for a weekend when I was about five. I had a crush on one of the friends' sons, and we went to buy ice creams together but he disappeared and the lady wouldn't serve me because I was so young. I was mortified.
Best holiday?
New Zealand, a couple of years ago. I went all over the South Island in a camper-van. I also did a Sky Jump (with jet lag) from the top of Sky Tower in Auckland, which was hilarious.
Favourite place in the British Isles?
I love going to the island of Iona, off the west coast of Scotland - it's like a tiny jewel. The food is fantastic and there are great places to go walking. It's magical.
What have you learnt from your travels?
To make sure I pack antihistamine cream because I always get bitten - I'm obviously delicious! I always take a guidebook, too, because it's great to be spontaneous, but I like having back-up.
Ideal travelling companion?
Phileas Fogg would be good, otherwise it would be someone I love and who makes me laugh - and who'll be at the bottom of the Auckland Sky Tower when I jump off.
Beach bum, culture vulture or adrenalin junkie?
I'm a pinch of all three. I love camping and hiking but I always feel more healthy when I've spent time by the sea. I travel a lot with work, and I like to engage with where I am, so I do explore the cultural aspects of a country too.
Greatest travel luxury?
Shampoo and conditioner. I'm obsessed with having clean hair, even if I'm halfway up a mountain.
Holiday reading?
If I'm camping, I like ghost stories; if it's a chichi hotel, I take something more serious. If I'm doing a long stint of filming, I find reading Jane Austen very comforting.
Where has seduced you?
Florence and, more broadly, Tuscany. It's such an astonishing place, it made me think, "Remind me again why I live in north London ...".
Better to travel or arrive?
I love points of departure such as airports and train stations because they have an egalitarian atmosphere, with everyone heading off and getting excited. I love the whole process of travelling - I suppose I'm a bit of a gypsy.
Worst travel experience?
A ferry ride in New York. I wanted to visit the Statue of Liberty but it was when you couldn't stop there or at Ellis Island. So we took the Staten Island ferry, and when we got off it was freezing cold and there was nothing to see. It was miserable.
First thing you do when you arrive somewhere new?
Usually sleep, or, if there's a pool or the sea, I get straight in.
Favourite walk/swim/ride/drive?
My favourite walk is the Routeburn Track in New Zealand, which is astonishing. It's a three- or four-day hike and you camp in the mountains along the way. The scenery is breathtaking.
Best hotel?
I like quirky places, such as the Argyll Hotel on Iona, which is unglamorous and simple and very cosy. There's a really funky hotel in New York called the Chelsea Inn, which is a bit shabby-chic but I really like it.
Worst hotel?
I've stayed in some bummers, but I don't want to reveal the names. I hate hotels that have windows that don't open. I feel like I'm trapped in a box.
Best meal abroad?
I had the most amazing meal of my life in a restaurant called The Boathouse in Sydney. The person I was with had never eaten oysters before, and they have about 10 different varieties there. I had a snapper pie, which was so fantastic you could write an ode to it.
Dream trip?
I'd love to walk the Great Wall of China.
Favourite city?
London. There's no place like home and I get a lovely warm feeling when I'm coming back after being away.
Where next?
I'm thinking about going to South America in the New Year.
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I have to say that I love points of departure as well.. airports especially. The have such a unique atmosphere where the nervousness and excitement of the people they contain is palpable.
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Very qwerty wrote: My Life in Travel: Anne-Marie Duff Dec 16, 2006 Best holiday? New Zealand, a couple of years ago. I went all over the South Island in a camper-van. I also did a Sky Jump (with jet lag) from the top of Sky Tower in Auckland, which was hilarious. Ideal travelling companion? Phileas Fogg would be good, otherwise it would be someone I love and who makes me laugh - and who'll be at the bottom of the Auckland Sky Tower when I jump off.
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Jan 13 09 3:09 AM
James' tooth fairy and Designated ass-slapper
AM's done it literally!
Jan 13 09 5:19 AM
elsie wrote: I think even I'd make that jump if James was waiting for me at the bottom.
Jan 13 09 8:39 AM
Very qwerty wrote: I know there's been quite a furore over Shameless [Paul Abbott's Channel 4 comedy drama], but I'm staying on the west coast of Ireland at the moment so I've missed it all.
I know there's been quite a furore over Shameless [Paul Abbott's Channel 4 comedy drama], but I'm staying on the west coast of Ireland at the moment so I've missed it all.
Jan 13 09 2:52 PM
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Jan 13 09 3:08 PM
The touring production of `Playboy of the Western World' is at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin (00 353 1 677 1717), from Monday to 20 March.
Jan 13 09 7:49 PM
gensing wrote: The touring production of `Playboy of the Western World' is at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin (00 353 1 677 1717), from Monday to 20 March.
Jan 13 09 9:57 PM
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Jan 13 09 11:51 PM
qwerty....Thanks so much for posting these 2 articles!
They confirm my impression of her as very down to earth and someone you would like to have as a friend. Her and James seem so suited for each other....both friends and lovers! And I also liked reading between the lines....She must have been in New Zealand and Australia when James was filming Narnia.
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