A biography for Kathy Burkehasn’t been written yet.
“The stereotype is that if a woman doesn't have children she doesn't like children. I really love kids.”
“I was a very lame skinhead. I had to be in by 8:30 P. M., so I used to pretend that I had a baby sister I had to go home and baby-sit.”
“Not having a mum is massive for a young girl really.”
“The thing with me is that I'm quite arrogant.”
“Audiences don't need to be patronized by being shown in period things how much people smoked.”
“When I first decided to take off the tap shoes and concentrate on theatre directing, Dominic Dromgoole got in touch to ask if I'd like to do something with Oxford Stage Company. My reaction was negative.”
“I'm a good people manager and I like that fact I can draw out their performances.”
“Growing up in the '70s, if you were a girl or woman, a man could tell you what to do - if you were sitting on the bus: 'Get up,' 'Move,' whatever. You did what you were told.”
“When 'Nil By Mouth' was released, people thought that's what we were actually like, that they'd put me and Ray in front of the cameras and filmed what came out. No acting involved.”
“When I'm on me island, I want to dance.”
“I'd always been dead against therapy. I didn't think you needed to pay someone to talk about yourself.”
“I don't go there any more. I think I've done my time at the Red Lion.”
“Without meaning to sound anti-men, ghastly women are the closest you get to a male role.”
“I needed a check-up from the neck up.”
“When I'm with the people who love me, I feel boo'iful.”
“Once I was 13 and on the bus with me mate Mary when we passed this little bit of green where all the winos used to go and it was a little bit embarrassing because I saw me dad there amongst them all. When it was bad, it was very bad.”
“I'm a beautiful person, I know I am.”
“I have always believed that women should be allowed to do what they want to do.”
“Sex education is absolutely important. Kids need to know about sex.”