I had a happier experience of the city as an actress than I had had as a model. Saffron Burrows More Quotes by Saffron Burrows More Quotes From Saffron Burrows I've always been a strong feminist and felt that the image of models was detrimental to women. That whole thing really bothered me. I would think about quitting about once a week. Saffron Burrows feministstrongthinking I like being in love, but loving is what is crucial to me. Loving is the reason to live. Saffron Burrows reason-to-livebeing-in-lovereason You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful. Saffron Burrows filmactorssuccessful Part of me misses the days when we have four channels in England and we were all talking about everything all the time. Saffron Burrows missing 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. Saffron Burrows pocketsamericapeople 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. Saffron Burrows camerastheatrerooms I grew up in a strongly socialist family. While I was at school, I worked in party politics and with organizations like the Anti-Nazi League. Everywhere I saw it, I fought prejudice. Saffron Burrows partyorganizationschool I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk he has now been giving for some 16 years. Saffron Burrows documentariesgivingyears I play the guitar. This year at the Sundance film festival, I joined the band from 'The Guitar' on stage. We warmed up for Patti Smith, and then the director Michel Gondry got on the drums to play some songs from the soundtrack to his film Be Kind Rewind with Mos Def. It was pretty mad. Saffron Burrows guitarsongyears I was picked up on a London street by a model agent. She took me to her office and then sent me to Paris to work in shows. It was supposed to be two weeks, but I ended up living there with my Zimbabwean boyfriend. I made enough money modeling and acting in French movies to buy a nice flat. Saffron Burrows parisnicetwo I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy. Saffron Burrows very-goodstills What am I doing in this silly showbiz life? I do wonder that sometimes. Saffron Burrows stupidsillysometimes If I was going to make a broad generalisation, I'd say that I prefer the company of women. People know now that I live with Mike Figgis, but I prefer not to talk about it. On one level, privacy is important, but on another level I have no desire to deny certain things. Saffron Burrows importantdesirepeople 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. Saffron Burrows filmactorsmoving It helps being from somewhere other than Hollywood, not having grown up with that sense of film-making. I really wasn't exposed to that as a young woman. Saffron Burrows hollywoodfilmhelping 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. Saffron Burrows politicalparentthinking Having spent a number of my younger years with trade-union parents attending NUT annual conferences, I feel comfortable with an agenda in my hand and a procedural format for debate. Saffron Burrows nutshandsyears For a woman to say she has had a dalliance with another woman is quite trendy these days. I do not like trendiness. Life isn't about dalliances - it's about individuals. You come across people in your life that you find very interesting. It's not about something flighty. Saffron Burrows individualpeopleinteresting I like working on stage because there's something very immediate about it, that interaction with an audience where you immediately hear their reaction, or feel them, whether they're with you. Saffron Burrows reactionsstagefeels It's always a help when you have worked with someone as you've got to know them a bit already. Saffron Burrows bitsknowshelping
