Francesca Annis Quotes
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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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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.
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There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.
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Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?
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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.
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I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
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Everyone has class, one class or another.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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In films people basically work for the camera, you know, and that's why actors can hate each other and not be speaking to each other and still look as if they're in love because really they're loving the camera loving them.
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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.
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I'm an actress, not a pinup.
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I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family.
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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.
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It's not so much the dressing up, but I love the idea of moving and existing in a different time.
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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.
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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.