1.
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
Sometimes sushi is simply delightful, and other times a hearty steak is the only thing that will do. It depends on one's cravings at the moment.
2.
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
3.
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.
Francesca Annis
4.
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
5.
Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.
Francesca Annis
6.
I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks.
Francesca Annis
7.
However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.
Francesca Annis
8.
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.
Francesca Annis
9.
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
10.
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.
Francesca Annis
11.
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
12.
The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.
Francesca Annis
13.
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
14.
You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.
Francesca Annis
15.
I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious.
Francesca Annis
16.
There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.
Francesca Annis
17.
I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
Francesca Annis
18.
I do find acting cathartic.
Francesca Annis
19.
Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.
Francesca Annis
20.
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
21.
I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring
Francesca Annis
22.
Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
Francesca Annis
23.
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
24.
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
25.
It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself simply as living my life. . . . I feel it's pushing your luck to define how happy you are.
Francesca Annis
26.
I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.
Francesca Annis
27.
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
Francesca Annis
28.
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
29.
Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.
Francesca Annis
30.
I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims.
Francesca Annis
31.
I am pretty self-indulgent.
Francesca Annis
32.
Truly charismatic people, in my experience, dont come along very often.
Francesca Annis
33.
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.
Francesca Annis
34.
You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
Francesca Annis
35.
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
36.
The funny thing is I'm not bothered or sad about being on my own - after all I've never had a husband.
Francesca Annis
37.
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
38.
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
39.
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 thats what really started me off.
Francesca Annis
40.
I didn't choose to be an actress
Francesca Annis
41.
I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol.
Francesca Annis
42.
I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.
Francesca Annis
43.
After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.
Francesca Annis
44.
If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
Francesca Annis
45.
I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
Francesca Annis
46.
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
47.
I am not a fanatic about anything. I do what I can do when I've got the time.
Francesca Annis
48.
As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.
Francesca Annis
49.
Having children with someone is the real bond.
Francesca Annis
50.
Each decade, I've lived in that decade, so I could easily shed the '20s, the '30s, the '40s.
Francesca Annis
