Quotes By Francesca Annis

I have got a few misters interested but nobody special these days.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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.

Everyone has class, one class or another.

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

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

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.

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.

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'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap.

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

I turned down a lot of films.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I do find acting cathartic.