Top 95 Quotes & Sayings by Francesca Annis
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English actress Francesca Annis.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.
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.
I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
I am pretty self-indulgent.
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.
I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
I think you live a fuller life with someone else, you know, you're firing on all cylinders. It can be a nightmare at times, we all know that, but nevertheless in the end I think to have someone else's input on anything - a book, a meal, your children, life, a walk - is fantastic.
The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.
Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.
I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap.
You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.
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.
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.
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 am not a fanatic about anything. I do what I can do when I've got the time.
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.
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.
I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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.
I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
I have got a few misters interested but nobody special these days.
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.
Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.
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.
However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.
I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks.
Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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.
After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.
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.
I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring.
If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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 didn't choose to be an actress.
I turned down a lot of films.
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.
I'm an actress, not a pinup.
When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer.
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.
In films people basically work for the camera, you know, and that's why actors can hate each other and not be speaking to each other and still look as if they're in love because really they're loving the camera loving them.
The funny thing is I'm not bothered or sad about being on my own - after all I've never had a husband.
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.
As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.
Having children with someone is the real bond.
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.
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.
Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.
You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change.
I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.
I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.
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.
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.
I do find acting cathartic.
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.
There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.
From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now.
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 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.
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