Francesca Annis Quotes
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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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Eat well and sleep well. That will feed your nervous system and your psyche. As you get older, you look how you feel.
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So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.
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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.
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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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From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now.
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I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks.
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I do find acting cathartic.
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I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap.
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I can easily sleep from nine to 13 hours a night.
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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.
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I have always done exercise because I was a dancer, and it is probably good for you. I have done yoga consistently.
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Having children with someone is the real bond.
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I've never been too afraid of what other people have said, especially when I was younger, but I suppose that was the arrogance of youth.
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Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.
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Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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In Europe, we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.
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Each decade, I've lived in that decade, so I could easily shed the '20s, the '30s, the '40s.
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After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.
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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 that's what really started me off.
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I think people should do whatever they want to do. That's the point. Why should you care what other people think or say? You're not living in their pocket.
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The funny thing is I'm not bothered or sad about being on my own - after all I've never had a husband.
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I've always kept fit but I've been doing gym and yoga and will be throwing my stilettoes away for a while!
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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.