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Amanda Burton

26 quotes in 185 categories

[Wikipedia] Amanda Burton is a Northern Irish actress. Her notable credits include Heather Haversham in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1986), Beth Glover in the ITV drama series Peak Practice (1993–1995), Sam Ryan in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness, Clare Blake in the ITV crime drama series

Quotes by Amanda Burton

I think you know what you're up against when you take on a piece that you know is going to involve dragging…

Emotion

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Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.

Actors

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But I didn't really enjoy my secondary education that much, probably because I am a very physical person and don't enjoy sitting…

Active

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I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I…

Able

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I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look…

Character

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What a stupid attitude we have in this country to personal stories.

Attitude

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It would show hugely if I didn't want to be somewhere. Doing what you want to do can only generate good energy.

Doing what you want

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I have sleepless nights before press days.

Night

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No, I always wanted to be an actress.

Actresses

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If I want to run around a field when I'm 70, I would like to have that option.

Fields

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Whatever I'm doing, I try to give it everything.

Giving

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I have nothing against people having work done, it is when I hear tale of girls of 16 queuing up to get…

Bigger

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I was on holiday recently and I came home to find that one of the papers here had 'bikini'd' me on the…

Beach

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I think some people think that being on television makes you a sitting duck, but you have the right to remain private.

Ducks

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I was taught by my father. He was head of the primary school so I went to his school until I was…

All day

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It always interests me how obsessed people are about age.

Age

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I'd been gearing up to working in theatre since coming out of drama school, but it was an exciting time for TV…

Birth

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I still love coming into work everyday after so many years working as an actress. I've been working more or less continuously…

Actresses

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Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength.

Building

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Forgotten was presented to me by the drama department at LWT as a concept and I found it immediately intriguing and very…

Concept

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I could suddenly see the pressures all around; these endless magazines and cheap reality TV programmes poking at women, humiliating us for…

Angry

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I was a complete tomboy. I loved wandering out in storms or walking on the beaches in the dark. It was a…

Beach

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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.

Fascinated

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I couldn't imagine a home without animals.

Animal

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I would never have changed anything in the past. I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky…

Able

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