Quotes By Francesca Annis

I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.

The wonderful thing about acting is you move along with your decade. The older you get, the more interesting the parts you get to play and you bring more of your personal experience to the part.

Everyone has class, one class or another.

When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer.

I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks.

I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.

I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.

I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap.

Sometimes sushi is just superb, and other times there's nothing like a great big steak. It depends where your taste buds are at the time.

Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.

The minute anyone's getting anxious I say, You must eat and you must sleep. They're the two vital elements for a healthy life.

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

I turned down a lot of films.

We all know now that people can look good for their age. It isn't so extraordinary, I don't know why people go on about it so much.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

I do find acting cathartic.

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

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

Having children with someone is the real bond.

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.

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