Quotes By Francesca Annis

If people think I look good, it's the make-up.

I turned down a lot of films.

I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.

Truly charismatic people, in my experience, don't come along very often.

I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring.

I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.

There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.

I do think it's important to live in the present because in that way you won't be living in a state of regret.

The thing about doing anything artificial to your hair is that you have to look after it. So you're always vulnerable to the weather and time.

I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims.

It's not so much the dressing up, but I love the idea of moving and existing in a different time.

After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.

I do find acting cathartic.

I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they've read. I'd be sitting on a train looking over someone's shoulder and thinking: That's familiar... oh my God, it's me.

Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.

You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change.

I go on giving interviews because I've been brought up to support the projects I'm involved in. When you've enjoyed working on a production, you want to do them a favour.

Having children with someone is the real bond.

I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious.

As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.

I'm often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I'm glad I didn't go, because if I had I wouldn't have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is.

I'm an actress, not a pinup.

You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.

I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.

From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now.

I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.