Saffron Burrows Quotes
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I don't think who I sleep with is of any interest to anyone. I have a beautiful life, and it is precious and it is private. I am terribly happy. That is all.
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I'd like to play Viola in Twelfth Night and I suppose one of the roles I'd most like to play is Cleopatra-she was an amazing woman and it's a fascinating role.
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I think politics can no longer be assigned to parliamentary activity and it probably never could be. But politics with a small p and the history of trade union movement really interests me.
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I like working on stage because there's something very immediate about it, that interaction with an audience where you immediately hear their reaction, or feel them, whether they're with you
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It's only when you get far away from it that you begin to see things you couldn't at the time. Just the idea that that world is deeply troubling and corrupting and, of course, full of glitter.
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I'm quite good at languages. We took The Power Book from the National in London to the Chaillot in Paris, and it was useful having lived in the city and learnt the language-though we performed in English.
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It's always a help when you have worked with someone as you've got to know them a bit already.
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I like acting in London-not least because it means I can go home after the show every day, rather than being on location making a film.
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You suddenly realize the way the system works there. It's formulaic, it's also incredibly powerful, and it can affect your life in quite a big way.
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When your life is as precious as all our lives are, then it needs to be kept precious and looked after and treated well. And that is not something we should be sharing with a wider audience.
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I was on the cusp of womanhood, so it was both visceral and personally significant.
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I've definitely thought about a career in politics. Maybe there will be time later.
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Modeling is one way girls can earn good money and get away from home at the same time. It's very international, so you get the chance to travel.
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He makes me laugh, Mick! He tended to turn up when we were having lunch and entertain us all. He bought an Enigma machine! I've never worked with a producer who was more famous than everyone put together.
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I had a happier experience of the city as an actress than I had had as a model.
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They built us a cottage to live in which I couldn't stand up in. When we got there, they had to raise the ceiling.
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We're all influenced and partly formed by where we come from, whether its Clacton or Chile.
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Getting sacked by Woody Allen was a low point. But he wrote a very sweet letter, saying that - are you ready for this? - I had 'a purity the camera couldn't hide
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I like being in love, but loving is what is crucial to me. Loving is the reason to live.
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I like that sensation of the years passing, and then of being able to look back, almost as if it were someone in a different cycle of their life.
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When you've made a film you have the luxury of having a little money, so you can afford to pace yourself, but we work in a very ephemeral business, especially in the film world. It's a bit like the stock market in that you're never sure what's going to be up or down, what will work.
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My parents were political, so it's definitely in my bones. Wherever I am, I always seem to get involved with politics. I think, once it's in your bloodstream, it's always there. I love it.
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I was initially sent a rash of scientist-in-lab-coat roles. But then they saw Miss Julie and they didn't know where to place me.
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Once you get into your stride, the camera becomes like another person in the room. It's like being in a very small theatre where there is no getting away with anything because the audience is centimetres away from you.
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You've got to keep your principles - I want a career of some longevity. I'm really interested in women's rights, that may sound unappealingly feminist, but I am.
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When I was younger, I was more in a hurry to get somewhere. I was very aware of mortality. In the last couple of years, I've felt less pressured that way: I've been very much in the present. I feel very peaceful about where I am. I love working, but I don't want that to be my only sense of identity.
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What am I doing in this silly showbiz life? I do wonder that sometimes.
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I do get funny people sometimes coming up to me in supermarkets in America with my picture in their pocket, which is a bit strange.
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