I still had to overcome the exquisite torture of stage fright when I did my first TV drama.
For some reason, my radio work was anxiety-free, perhaps because my ‘audience’ was only the other actors grouped around the microphone.
My If It’s a Rose co-star was as nervous as I was and in Act II started calling me ‘Annette’ instead of ‘Maria’.
If that wasn’t unsettling enough, the zipper on my costume got stuck and I had to play the rest of the scene facing the camera to hide the half-open dress.
My ballet training came into play here, as I’d learned to overcome problems such as falling on stage and not let them affect my performance.