Saffron Burrows
English actress, model and writer
Saffron Burrows (born October 22, 1972) is a British-American actress and model.
Quotes
edit- As a seven-year-old, I remember people were appalling – they would just comment on his physicality…We’d walk down the street together and people would shout out insults. I remember feeling incredibly angry.
- On becoming a disability rights advocate after witnessing the treatment that her stepfather received from having polio in “Saffron Burrows: ‘I was raised to feel like I could love who I wanted’” in The Guardian (2020 Feb 19)
- If you’re told that’s how you behave in order to survive and flourish, then you actually question far less in your 20s and 30s because you think: ‘Oh, nothing’s as bad as that.’ So it’s a real issue. No one wants their teenage daughter thinking that’s what you should expect from your life.
- On women starting out young in the modeling or film industry in “Saffron Burrows: ‘I was raised to feel like I could love who I wanted’” in The Guardian (2020 Feb 19)
- …Teenagers today are so fluid and non-binary; they’re fantastically unafraid. My house [growing up] was a bit like that. I’ve loved men and I’ve loved women and I was raised to feel like I could love who I wanted. We could talk about everything in the world.
- On her upbringing and the next generation in “Saffron Burrows: ‘I was raised to feel like I could love who I wanted’” in The Guardian (2020 Feb 19)
- There are two separate answers…For people in general, I think they should name themselves in whatever way they wish. The flourishing of the gay movement in America is clearly very necessary and the identity that people could proudly lay claim to is crucial. Lives are lost every day because of bigotry in this country. So I think that should not prevail.
- On labelling and sexual orientation in “Saffron Burrows: ‘I’m really proud of my family and who they are’” in The Guardian (2014 Dec 01)
- ...people shouldn’t have to make statements and their lives should be private if they want to be. But I think if someone’s feeling restricted by not making a statement, then they should be free to do so. I chose to speak to you because I don’t want to lie by omission and I want to be very straightforward about my life...
- On whether people should feel the need to "come out" and be a role model in “Saffron Burrows: ‘I’m really proud of my family and who they are’” in The Guardian (2014 Dec 01)
