Top 95 Quotes & Sayings by Francesca Annis - Page 2

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Last updated on November 21, 2024.

The biggest privilege I've had in my life is being able to make a choice. If you make a choice, it can't be a wrong choice because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

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I'm not bothered or sad about being on my own - after all, I've never had a husband.

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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.

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

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I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.

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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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I've never been too afraid of what other people have said, especially when I was younger, but I suppose that was the arrogance of youth.

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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.

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I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family.

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I never pursued being 'famous.'

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Everyone has class, one class or another.

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

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Truly charismatic people, in my experience, don't come along very often.

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

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I can easily sleep from nine to 13 hours a night.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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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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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.

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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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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 don't really have an image of myself. Now, is that true? Well, maybe I do and it's different, which is why I get shocked when I see how other people experience me. I see myself primarily in a domestic setting.

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I didn't choose to be an actress

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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 thats what really started me off.

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Truly charismatic people, in my experience, dont come along very often.

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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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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims.

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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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It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself simply as living my life. . . . I feel it's pushing your luck to define how happy you are.

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

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