Quotes by Felicity Kendal

About Felicity Kendal:

Felicity Ann Kendal is an English actress, working in television and theatre. She has appeared in numerous stage and screen roles over a 45-year career, but the role that brought attention to her career was that of Barbara Good in the 1975 television series The Good Life.
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I don't think, until you've actually lost somebody you really love, that you can go through that door that allows you to be grown-up.

Felicity Kendal

Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat.

Felicity Kendal

For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.

Felicity Kendal

I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do?

Felicity Kendal

The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.

Felicity Kendal

When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation.

Felicity Kendal

It's nice not to have lines when you frown, especially on TV. I don't know why people make such a fuss about it. No one is interested if a woman has her teeth capped or her hair dyed.

Felicity Kendal

When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.

Felicity Kendal

There is the most wonderful thing called Polaris: it's a very high frequency laser treatment that lifts and tightens the skin.

Felicity Kendal

I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.

Felicity Kendal

I'm not very much of a foodie; I like small amounts of delicious things, but I've never overeaten - I'd much rather have a glass of wine.

Felicity Kendal

It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.

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I haven't done fillers or Botox for ages. There comes a point where you have to match bits of you with the other bits; otherwise, you get a terribly random situation.

Felicity Kendal

I really do believe there are things passed down. Behaviour, not just DNA. Psychological make-up. You can see it in dogs. If you want to breed a calm dog, don't get two fighters.

Felicity Kendal

I think in the acting world you either manage that transition to older roles, or you stick with what you've always done and then discover nobody can bear you doing it as an older person.

Felicity Kendal

After making my stage debut aged nine as Macduff's small son in 'Macbeth,' I had played a number of parts, from 'Twelfth Night's Viola to 'The Merchant Of Venice's Portia'.

Felicity Kendal

It's difficult to say what attracts one person to another. It's always a combination, isn't it? I've always found people interesting because of the way they think, and a sense of humour is irresistible.

Felicity Kendal

I don't treasure things much - just people. And pets.

Felicity Kendal

The gym is where I get my chill-out time. I try to go six days a week, but when I'm working, that goes down to about three.

Felicity Kendal

I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.

Felicity Kendal

Every time we moved on, I joined a different class in a different school with different girls until, aged 13, my father had taken the decision to pull me out of school altogether. Everything I needed, he reasoned, could be found within the rich langu...

Felicity Kendal

Author Bio

  • NameFelicity Kendal
  • DescriptionEnglish actress
  • BornSeptember 25, 1946
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Actor
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire