Kathy Burke

The thing with me is that I'm quite arrogant.

— Kathy Burke

I can smell trouble miles away.

— Kathy Burke

I've been a Labour voter all my life.

— Kathy Burke

I'm very much a person who walks on egg shells.

— Kathy Burke

I've got one of those really big tellies.

— Kathy Burke

I needed a check-up from the neck up.

— Kathy Burke

Money really is a dirty word.

— Kathy Burke

I'm totally happy with my big, fat self.

— Kathy Burke

I have always believed that women should be allowed to do what they want to do.

— Kathy Burke

I've got faith in my own talent and I always have.

— Kathy Burke

I don't go there any more. I think I've done my time at the Red Lion.

— Kathy Burke

I didn't actually start having sex until I was 23.

— Kathy Burke

'Walking and Talking' is my love letter to books, '70s television, music and friendship.

— Kathy Burke

I was always playing very stupid people, or the fat mate of the main girl.

— Kathy Burke

I wanted to write a semi-autobiographical piece that was uplifting and heart-warming.

— Kathy Burke

There's a great difference between innocence and ignorance.

— Kathy Burke

I came on to Twitter in my 50s and I sort of think that was perfect. I am just a ranting old…

— Kathy Burke

Having been a fan of Frantic Assembly for many years I'm really looking forward to working with them as a co-director as…

— Kathy Burke

The stereotype is that if a woman doesn't have children she doesn't like children. I really love kids.

— Kathy Burke

Growing up in the '70s, if you were a girl or woman, a man could tell you what to do - if…

— Kathy Burke

I was a very lame skinhead. I had to be in by 8:30 P. M., so I used to pretend that I…

— Kathy Burke

The sad thing in this day and age is kids have access to all sorts of horrible stuff on the Internet and…

— Kathy Burke

From a very young age I'd learned to put on a brave face because of losing my mum. I'd always make jokes…

— Kathy Burke

I had to prove that I could understand other aspects of human beings and not just little fat girls.

— Kathy Burke

Edinburgh is good craic. A romantic and beautiful city, it's one those places that makes me smile when I think about it…

— Kathy Burke

It bloody annoys me when people forget that we're actors. Just because we tend to appear in things with our own accents,…

— Kathy Burke

I could have my hair really short. I didn't have to wear dresses, I could wear baggy old T-shirts and ripped trousers…

— Kathy Burke

2021 is my 40th year working in the industry and I can't think of a better way to celebrate than directing 'Holding.'…

— Kathy Burke

Your average director will be content with something that comes across as truthful, but we know, as fellow actors, that that's not…

— Kathy Burke

I don't half love being in my forties! You feel more grown-up and can say 'no' to things without feeling you're letting…

— Kathy Burke

I didn't really feel like a girly girl. I didn't want to wear boob tubes and flared trousers and disco clothes. Then…

— Kathy Burke

Not having a mum was my thing. It came with a sort of fame. Other kids couldn't get their head around that.…

— Kathy Burke

I love playing grotesques, I relish it.

— Kathy Burke

When I'm on me island, I want to dance.

— Kathy Burke

I find acting so tiring!

— Kathy Burke

But I don't have any eyebrows.

— Kathy Burke

I'm a beautiful person, I know I am.

— Kathy Burke

I'm a bit obsessed with Lizzo at the moment.

— Kathy Burke

I much prefer to meet actors that are really into the play rather than into the part.

— Kathy Burke

I remember the nuns used to swear quite a lot, so I think maybe it's picking it up from them.

— Kathy Burke