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" If people think I look good, it's the make-up. "
Francesca Annis
Make-Up
People
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" You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself. "
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" Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private. "
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Year
" I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks. "
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" 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. "
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Weird
Stop
" The funny thing is I'm not bothered or sad about being on my own - after all I've never had a husband. "
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" Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be? "
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Why
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