40 Quotes by Amanda Burton

I was taught by my father. He was head of the primary school so I went to his school until I was 11 - I was the youngest of four daughters and we had all been taught by him. 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 all day.

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 to see in life. Before, I'd be wading up to my neck in gore, but now I tend to look away.

No, I always wanted to be an actress.

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 wearing a grossly unflattering costume and they had published photographs of me taken from behind. I looked dreadful. I went into our local newsagent and bought up every copy.

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

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

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.

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