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" I like having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party. "
Francesca Annis
Time
Mother
Having A Good Time
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" Everyone has class, one class or another. "
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" In films people basically work for the camera, you know, and that's why actors can hate each other and not be speaking to each other and still look as if they're in love because really they're loving the camera loving them. "
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" I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family. "
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" From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. "
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" Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive. "
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" I turned down a lot of films. "
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" I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here. "
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" Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre. "
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" 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. "
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Very
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" 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. "
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" I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting. "
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Always
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