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" When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation. "

Felicity Kendal

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" I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did. "

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" I think very few people do find a relationship where, every moment of every day, everything they do comes together. That's why, in a nutshell, everyone loved Barbara in 'The Good Life.' She was the perfect partner. It was a formula. She wasn't glamorous. She wasn't clever. But she was a good partner. That's too easy, too perfect. "

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" My parents were very volatile but very loving. My father would get jealous if my mother looked at somebody. I used to be insanely jealous. It comes out of insecurity. It can come and go, but you get to the point in life where you don't have this raging jealousy and protectiveness about your world. "

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" A lot of my close friends are nothing to do with show business. But the people I've had relationships with, invariably, I've worked with. I think that's probably because I grew up in a family where we all worked together, so it's something I feel comfortable with. "

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" For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important. "

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" As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening. "

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" When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed. "

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" I wouldn't trade anything for family time. To me, it is more important than everything else, and I have a very deep-rooted belief in it, which is influenced by my Jewish faith. That's a very great source of who I am and what I believe in. "

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" I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things. "

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" In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things. "

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" I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do? "

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" It's difficult to say what attracts one person to another. It's always a combination, isn't it? I've always found people interesting because of the way they think, and a sense of humour is irresistible. "

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" Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat. "

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" I haven't done fillers or Botox for ages. There comes a point where you have to match bits of you with the other bits; otherwise, you get a terribly random situation. "

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" We take ourselves so seriously moment by moment, but India shows you a sense of eternity. You're one little ant on a hill. You're part of life, but you're not the whole thing. "

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" It's nice not to have lines when you frown, especially on TV. I don't know why people make such a fuss about it. No one is interested if a woman has her teeth capped or her hair dyed. "

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" So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you. "

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" I really do believe there are things passed down. Behaviour, not just DNA. Psychological make-up. You can see it in dogs. If you want to breed a calm dog, don't get two fighters. "

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" I think in the acting world you either manage that transition to older roles, or you stick with what you've always done and then discover nobody can bear you doing it as an older person. "

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" The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark. "

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" It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land. "

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" I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time. "

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