Francesca Annis Quotes
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I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.
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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.
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I didn't choose to be an actress
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I'm one of the great unemployed looking for the next job. I'm waiting for the right offer. Like anyone, I want something that turns me on inside.
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The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.
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We all know now that people can look good for their age. It isn't so extraordinary, I don't know why people go on about it so much.
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I am not a fanatic about anything. I do what I can do when I've got the time.
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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.
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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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It's not so much the dressing up, but I love the idea of moving and existing in a different time.
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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.
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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.
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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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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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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.
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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.
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I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.
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I do find acting cathartic.
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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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From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now.
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Having children with someone is the real bond.
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I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol.
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I've always kept fit but I've been doing gym and yoga and will be throwing my stilettoes away for a while!
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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
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I'm often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I'm glad I didn't go, because if I had I wouldn't have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is.
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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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I’m the same weight now as I’ve always been-even before having children-but I have to say there’s been a redistribution of the flesh!
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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.
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Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.
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I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap.
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