Sarah Sutton Quotes


"I love photography. My boyfriend's got a great camera, which I bought for his birthday."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Birthday, Love, Boyfriend, Photography)

"I like the stories with the historical themes."
- Sarah Sutton
"I often look at a lot of Doctor Who stuff that's about now, which no one has approached me about."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Now)

"I got very fit that week with all the running around that we di. I was always last, because I can't run as fast as everyone else. I'm useless at running."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Running)

"I think I must have too much to eat, we were doing a scene where we were crawling, and I ripped my trousers. I was very embarrassed. I was sown in, stitched in, quickly!"
- Sarah Sutton
"I'm a terrible person for carrying things around. I carry everything around with me, it's like my home."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Home)

"I'd like to do some more classical work if I do some more theatre."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Work, Theatre)

"I would like to direct. What goes on behind stage is very interesting."
- Sarah Sutton
"I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Ballet, School, Years)

"I found it a little bit stressful, because I wasn't used to working with Doctor Who. I got the impression I'd walked into the end of seven years and it was all a bit tense."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Impression, End, Years)

"What you don't see backstage is what really controls the show."
- Sarah Sutton
"Some of those cartoons look nothing like me."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Cartoons, Nothing)

"When we went to Belfast we saw some beautiful countryside and coastlines."
- Sarah Sutton
"I thought The Visitation was good fun. We did some of that filming at Ealing on the big set."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Thought, Fun)

"We had a very energetic floor manager and he was always jumping around all over the place. The director would send down messages like, Can you tell that actor to calm down?"
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Manager, Actor)

"In the studio, if they need to come down to the floor, things are a bit pushy, although it is easier for them to say things directly rather than through about five people."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: People)

"After two years of doing one show, you do get attached to everyone."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Years)

"Before I got Doctor Who, I went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I went back to take the final grade exam, which is the grade you have to take before you can take the teacher's diploma."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Music, Drama, School)

"Doctor Who is like any long-running series in that the cast tend to look to the star to set the general tone. Rehearsals and filming could be a lot of fun."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Fun)

"The cybermen are good monsters, I think. My earliest memories are of the cybermen from when I used to watch when I was younger. It's nice to have them back."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Memories)

"I don't know if you've ever tried writing a Doctor Who story, but it's a lot more difficult than it initially appears, especially if you've got more than one assistant."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Writing)

"I enjoyed working with Peter, I was very pleased when I heard he was going to be the Doctor."
- Sarah Sutton
"One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Dancing, Favorite)

"Playing an alien gave me plenty of scope, and I was able to develop it once I became a member of the team."
- Sarah Sutton
"Strikes always leave a bad taste with everyone."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Taste)

"There are generations who watch Doctor Who together."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Generations)

"There's lots of interesting jobs in the profession besides acting, and I like to try and keep an eye on and understand other people's jobs, rather than just my own."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: People, Acting, Eye, Jobs, Profession)

"I don't think I would have stayed for the second season if I hadn't been happy."
- Sarah Sutton
"I enjoyed showing a bit more leg in the last few stories. It was good fun, but it can be quite sexist. But it doesn't worry me personally all that much."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Fun, Worry)

"I do still like television very much, but the theatre does really have something special about it."
- Sarah Sutton
(Related: Television, Theatre)