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" My children were brought up with their grandparents, and I was brought up with my grandparents. I think the continuity of moving through life together gives people a certain pride and sense of security. "

Francesca Annis

Children

Pride

People

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" 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. "

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" It's not so much the dressing up, but I love the idea of moving and existing in a different 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 have always done exercise because I was a dancer, and it is probably good for you. I have done yoga consistently. "

" In Europe, we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women. "

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

" 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 having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party. "

" I was seen dancing at school by a director, who asked me to be in a TV play. And it had a huge impact. So I think that's what really started me off. "

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School

Play

" 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. "

" In the theatre, once you've gone about eight rows back, everybody else is just listening to you. You're very small, and nobody can really see what you're doing. "

" I have got a few misters interested but nobody special these days. "

" So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so. "

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

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

" 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 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

" 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. "

" I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full. "

" Eat well and sleep well. That will feed your nervous system and your psyche. As you get older, you look how you feel. "

" My mother was madly adventurous. My father was an actor - he worked with Gielgud - and my mother came from a very wealthy family. She definitely wasn't meant to marry an actor, but she eloped with him one lunch-time. "

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

" I am pretty self-indulgent. "

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Pretty

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" However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them. "

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

" I think people should do whatever they want to do. That's the point. Why should you care what other people think or say? You're not living in their pocket. "

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