It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realised I’d become an actor.

The line uses a comic mishap—leaving a graduation diploma on a bus—to puncture the idea that a credential is what “makes” someone an actor. D’Arcy frames becoming an actor not as a solemn moment of professional consecration but as a belated realization, arriving only after the formalities are literally misplaced. The anecdote suggests that identity in the arts is often recognized retrospectively, through lived practice and commitment rather than paperwork. It also hints at the precariousness and improvisation associated with acting careers: the path can feel accidental, and the symbols of legitimacy may matter less than the work itself.