Quotes by Francesca Annis

About Francesca Annis:

Francesca Annis is an English actress. She is known for films such as Dune (1984) and television series such as Reckless (1998), Wives and Daughters (1999), Cranford (2007), and Deceit (2000).
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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.

Francesca Annis

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.

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After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.

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My parents were hugely supportive like that. I was always the best - it's so embarrassing, isn't it? I was always the best at everything.

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

Francesca Annis

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.

Francesca Annis

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

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

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.

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I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family.

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My mother was madly adventurous. My father was an actor - he worked with Gielgud - and my mother came from a very wealthy family. She definitely wasn't meant to marry an actor, but she eloped with him one lunch-time.

Francesca Annis

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.

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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.

Francesca Annis

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.

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

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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

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.

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I like having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party.

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

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The biggest privilege I've had in my life is being able to make a choice. If you make a choice, it can't be a wrong choice because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

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Author Bio

  • NameFrancesca Annis
  • DescriptionActress
  • BornMay 14, 1944
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor