ZOE STEPHENS I've been an actor for 30 years now, and I've had roles on TV, in film and on the stage. I've worked hard to get where I am, but nowada seem to want to achieve the same without spending time learning to do the job properly. Some become huge screen stars within two fantastic, of course. They earn a lot of money and get a lot of attention. But can they make it last? Do they know how to step onto a st an audience? Natural talent without knowledge and technique isn't enough, in my opinion. For my last role, I was shocked that the research and training for it consisted of no more than a chat with the director over a meal the n Filming began. On set, we hurried from one scene to the next, maybe doing six or seven in a day whereas, when I started, it was two. The screen actors are more or less told by the director - Put on these clothes, say your lines we'll do all the rest. It can make you feel like a che As I've got more famous, and done a broader range of roles, I've had to get used to people 9 coming up to talk to me in the street. To be ho never expect it. Often people want to say a performance of mine has helped them in some way and it's great to feel like I've done somethin What! don't like so much is being photographed secretly and put in a magazine looking terrible, something I didn't have to worry about in days of my careert e