Francesca Annis Quotes

English - Actress Born: May 14, 1944

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

Relationships, Celebration

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

Psyche, Will, Feel

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

Dating, However, Need

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

Which, Learn, Rather

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

Think, I Think, Grown-Up

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. Francesca Annis

Next, Waiting, Like

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

Along, Very, Come

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. Francesca Annis

Formidable, Jobs, Often

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. Francesca Annis

Big, Other, Steak

Having children with someone is the real bond. Francesca Annis

Parenting, Having, Someone

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

Famous, Exposure, Work

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

Very, Grow, Rich

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

Very, Makes, Defensive

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

Through, Think, I Think

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

Here, Rather, Everyone

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

I Am, About, Time

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

Private, Going, Need

I am pretty self-indulgent. Francesca Annis

I Am, Self-Indulgent, Pretty

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

Rather, Moved, Feel

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

Island, Weeks, Away

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

Imagine, Boring, Someone

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

Actress, Choose

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

Living, Think, Regret

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

Some, Fixing, About

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

Buy, Surrounded, Tabloids

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