You've got ER coming in at any time and have your film right there so it wasn't very accessible.

You have to kind of put it in perspective and really think about it. I think about I'm hurting my family more than myself. So that's where I think, this can only be good, this can only good.

At first the majority of the people were angry because they felt like they were being forced to quit.

Irna wanted her actresses to stay in character all the time -- she wouldn't even call them by their real names, just their character names. And she didn't want them playing other roles while they were on As The World Turns .

There are few things happening in our city right now that's more exciting than what's happening in the Arts District. We're getting this at a very low cost for our city. The backers – they're putting their money where their mouth is.

We came on strong right after the half. We were scrappy and all over the floor; everybody was working as hard as they could.