Amanda Burton Quotes

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• I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.
• Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.
• I couldn't imagine a home without animals.
• I could suddenly see the pressures all around; these endless magazines and cheap reality TV programmes poking at women, humiliating us for every flaw. It…
• I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and I'm…
• I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do.
• I have sleepless nights before press days.
• I have nothing against people having work done, it is when I hear tale of girls of 16 queuing up to get bigger breasts, that…
• I think some people think that being on television makes you a sitting duck, but you have the right to remain private.
• I was a complete tomboy. I loved wandering out in storms or walking on the beaches in the dark. It was a very free upbringing,…
• I'd been gearing up to working in theatre since coming out of drama school, but it was an exciting time for TV drama - it…
• I'm becoming more squeamish. I didn't use to be - nine years of 'Silent Witness' prepared me for most things one will have the misfortune…
• If I want to run around a field when I'm 70, I would like to have that option.
• It always interests me how obsessed people are about age.
• No, I always wanted to be an actress.
• Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength.
• Whatever I'm doing, I try to give it everything.
• I was on holiday recently and I came home to find that one of the papers here had 'bikini'd' me on the beach. I was…
• But I didn't really enjoy my secondary education that much, probably because I am a very physical person and don't enjoy sitting at a desk…
• I still love coming into work everyday after so many years working as an actress. I've been working more or less continuously and I find…

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