48 Quotes by Saffron Burrows

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.

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.

I don't always want a big meal after work - just some crisps and wine!

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.

I don’t always want a big meal after work – just some crisps and wine!

In orthodox film-making, you never shoot sequentially – but with improv, obviously every move you make has a knock-on effect; it is a cumulative process. I have improvised, on the non-scripted ‘Timecode.’ It can become entirely indulgent: actors smashing crockery and competing verbally.

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.

You can’t ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you’re in films that are successful.

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.