When I was little it was a great time for film-making, with stuff like Mike Nichols’ ‘Silkwood.’ The films you see in that pre-secondary-school stage stay with you in a very particular way. Saffron Burrows Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’ll always take Scrabble and chess if I’m going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for other players. Saffron Burrows Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Location work has its charms, and can seem glamorous on the outside, but I think living at home and having the stability of a home life once you’ve finished work is very underrated! Saffron Burrows Read Quote
I think politics can no longer be assigned to parliamentary activity and it probably never could be. But politics with a small p and the history of trade union movement really interests me. Saffron Burrows Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I had a happier experience of the city as an actress than I had had as a model. Saffron Burrows Read Quote
It’s always a help when you have worked with someone as you’ve got to know them a bit already. Saffron Burrows Read Quote
