Francesca Annis Quotes

English - Actress Born: May 14, 1944

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

Relationship, Dating, You, Need, Them

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. Francesca Annis

Character, Smoke, Weird, Stop, Trying

Eat well and sleep well. That will feed your nervous system and your psyche. As you get older, you look how you feel. Francesca Annis

Look, Sleep, You, Feel, Eat, Nervous

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

Work, Good, You, Famous, Good Work, Just

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. Francesca Annis

Women, God, Men, Thank God, Look, Think

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. Francesca Annis

Life, Children, Together, People, Think

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

Enough, Sexuality, Relationships, Just

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. Francesca Annis

Work, Home, View, Know, Everyone, Here

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

Life, Rich, You, Grow, Your, Older

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

You, Become, Everything, Interview, Very

Having children with someone is the real bond. Francesca Annis

Children, Parenting, Bond, Someone, Real

I am not a fanatic about anything. I do what I can do when I've got the time. Francesca Annis

Time, I Am, I Can, Anything, Got, About

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. Francesca Annis

Life, I Am, Me, People, Nobody, Need

I am pretty self-indulgent. Francesca Annis

I Am, Pretty, Am, Self-Indulgent

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. Francesca Annis

Age, Yourself, Thinking, You, Feel, Turn

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. Francesca Annis

Technology, Island, Kind, Two, Away, Off

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

Boring, Someone, Young, Now, Playing

I didn't choose to be an actress. Francesca Annis

Choose, Actress

I do find acting cathartic. Francesca Annis

Acting, Find, Cathartic

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. Francesca Annis

Live, Regret, Think, You, Important, Way

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. Francesca Annis

Believe, You, Energy, Easy, Way, Some

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. Francesca Annis

God, Me, People, Looking, Thinking, You

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

Myself, I Can, Need, Paper, Commit

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. Francesca Annis

Support, You, Giving, Go, Want, Up

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. Francesca Annis

Live, Me, You, Way, Need, Want

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. Francesca Annis

Family, Women, Forward, Drama, See, Seen

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