Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I am not a fanatic about anything. I do what I can do when I've got the time. "
Francesca Annis
I Am
Anything
About
Related Quotes:
" I turned down a lot of films. "
Francesca Annis
Lot
Down
Films
" Each decade, I've lived in that decade, so I could easily shed the '20s, the '30s, the '40s. "
Francesca Annis
Each
Decade
Could
" Eat well and sleep well. That will feed your nervous system and your psyche. As you get older, you look how you feel. "
Francesca Annis
You
Look
Eat
" There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality. "
Francesca Annis
Just
Enough
Celebration
" You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself. "
Francesca Annis
Stop
Doing
You
" I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17. "
Francesca Annis
My Life
Media
Life
" If people think I look good, it's the make-up. "
Francesca Annis
Make-Up
People
Think
" Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be? "
Francesca Annis
Class
England
Why
" 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. "
Francesca Annis
Desire
I Am
Hate
" I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting. "
Francesca Annis
Acting
Dancer
Always
" Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family. "
Francesca Annis
Family
Children
Friends
" 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. "
Francesca Annis
Trying
Weird
Stop
" 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. "
Francesca Annis
Family
Life
My Life
" I'm not bothered or sad about being on my own - after all, I've never had a husband. "
Francesca Annis
Being
Own
Sad
" I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks. "
Francesca Annis
Looks
People
More
" After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone. "
Francesca Annis
Alone
Home
Find
" 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. "
Francesca Annis
Think
Women
Look
" 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. "
Francesca Annis
Hair
Look
Time
" I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family. "
Francesca Annis
Very
Family
Come
" I think you live a fuller life with someone else, you know, you're firing on all cylinders. It can be a nightmare at times, we all know that, but nevertheless in the end I think to have someone else's input on anything - a book, a meal, your children, life, a walk - is fantastic. "
Francesca Annis
Live
Life
Children
" The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it. "
Francesca Annis
First
Decay
You
" 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. "
Francesca Annis
Island
Technology
Off
" 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. "
Francesca Annis
Age
Good
Know
" 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. "
Francesca Annis
God
Looking
Me
" I've always kept fit but I've been doing gym and yoga and will be throwing my stilettoes away for a while! "
Francesca Annis
Been
Always
Away
" 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. "
Francesca Annis
Go
Giving
Working
" 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. "
Francesca Annis
People
I Am
Life
" 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. "
Francesca Annis
Think
Done
Love
" I can easily sleep from nine to 13 hours a night. "
Francesca Annis
Easily
Hours
I Can
" From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now. "
Francesca Annis
Seven
England
Now