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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
You can’t ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you’re in films that are successful. Saffron Burrows Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
When your life is as precious as all our lives are, then it needs to be kept precious and looked after and treated well. And that is not something we should be sharing with a wider audience. Saffron Burrows Read Quote
