Amanda Burton
Amanda Burton
Amanda Burtonis a Northern Irish actress, active from 1981. During her career, Burton was best known for her television roles as Heather Black in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, Beth Glover in Peak Practice, Sam Ryan in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness, Clare Blake in The Commander and Karen Fisher in Waterloo Road...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth10 October 1956
CountryIreland
changed exactly
I would never have changed anything in the past. I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do.
concept department dramatic forgotten found intriguing led piece power presented
Forgotten was presented to me by the drama department at LWT as a concept and I found it immediately intriguing and very powerful. I was completely led by the power of the piece and its dramatic potential.
daughters desk education four head physical primary school secondary sitting taught until youngest
I was taught by my father. He was head of the primary school so I went to his school until I was 11 - I was the youngest of four daughters and we had all been taught by him. But I didn't really enjoy my secondary education that much, probably because I am a very physical person and don't enjoy sitting at a desk all day.
attitude country
What a stupid attitude we have in this country to personal stories.
generations want energy
It would show hugely if I didn't want to be somewhere. Doing what you want to do can only generate good energy.
beach taken holiday
I was on holiday recently and I came home to find that one of the papers here had 'bikini'd' me on the beach. I was wearing a grossly unflattering costume and they had published photographs of me taken from behind. I looked dreadful. I went into our local newsagent and bought up every copy.
thinking ducks people
I think some people think that being on television makes you a sitting duck, but you have the right to remain private.
girl people despair
I have nothing against people having work done, it is when I hear tale of girls of 16 queuing up to get bigger breasts, that is when I despair.
night sleepless-nights presses
I have sleepless nights before press days.
years acting done
I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do.
inspiration character ideas
I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and I'm a great people watcher. You can draw inspiration from people.
reality thinking magazines
I could suddenly see the pressures all around; these endless magazines and cheap reality TV programmes poking at women, humiliating us for every flaw. It makes me so angry. I really wonder what it is we are doing to ourselves, because I do think women can be the worst ones for picking each other apart.