Quotes By Francesca Annis

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.

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

Everyone has class, one class or another.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap.

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.

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.

I turned down a lot of films.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I do find acting cathartic.

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.

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

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

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