Amanda Burton Quotes

I'd been gearing up to working in theatre since coming out of drama school, but it was an exciting time for TV drama - it was the birth of Channel 4, and Brookside was very cutting-edge at the time.

Amanda Burton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: January 8, 1957

Topics

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At my first Golden Globes, I met people I was very much enamored by: Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It was surreal to see them in person.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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The so-called alleged 'art' of the video - well, the video has killed the radio star, but the video star killed the live musician, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

John Lydon

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And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused.

Martin Sheen

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I found New York too... 'vertical,' closed off, I didn't feel the muse like I did in L.A. Maybe it's the weather?

LP

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I got called 'pretty boy' my whole life.

Jason Momoa

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What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.

Joseph Priestley

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I'm always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I'm always working on movies and TV shows.

Colin Quinn

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The truth of the matter is, I am a black woman, and I am an actor. I don't try to get caught up in being a black actor; I'm just an actor who is a black woman. It's not about forgetting that you're black, but you don't need to be hammered over the head, either; it just is what it is.

Condola Rashad

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Perhaps if there were less certitude about our climate future, more Americans would be interested in having a reasoned conversation about it.

Bret Stephens

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A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.

Anthony Trollope

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Poindexter was a part that's in the children's theater side of me, that character actor side of me. It's probably my favorite role because nobody will let me play that anymore.

Timothy Busfield

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My father used to be away for months at a time, and he'd never leave any money for food, so my brother and I had to go out and nick it.

Norman Wisdom

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