Francesca Annis Quotes

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.

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.

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 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.

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

However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.

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.

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.

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.

The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.

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.

You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

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.

There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.

I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.

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 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 do find acting cathartic.

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

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

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.

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

Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.

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

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.

I never pursued being 'famous.'

Having children with someone is the real bond.

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

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

After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.

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.

Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?

Everyone has class, one class or another.

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

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

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

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

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

I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.

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

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.

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.

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 am pretty self-indulgent.

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

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 didn't choose to be an actress

As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.