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" 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. "

Francesca Annis

Family

Mother

Him

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

" Each decade, I've lived in that decade, so I could easily shed the '20s, the '30s, the '40s. "

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

" You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities. "

" 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. "

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

" I can feel the 60S looming. In my profession, I've just moved along with my age. By thinking in decades, rather than whether someone's 42 or 47, you can give yourself a whole 10 years to turn yourself around in. "

" 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've always kept fit but I've been doing gym and yoga and will be throwing my stilettoes away for a while! "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 always done exercise because I was a dancer, and it is probably good for you. I have done yoga consistently. "

" 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. "

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

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

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People

" My parents were hugely supportive like that. I was always the best - it's so embarrassing, isn't it? I was always the best at everything. "

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Always

Parents

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

" Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere. "

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" From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. "