Francesca Annis Quotes - Page 2

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• I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.

  Francesca Annis

  Thinking, Media, Circus

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• I am pretty self-indulgent.

  Francesca Annis

  Self, I Am Pretty, Self Indulgent

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• I didn't choose to be an actress

  Francesca Annis

  Actresses

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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.

  Francesca Annis

  Thinking, Years, Giving

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• I’m the same weight now as I’ve always been-even before having children-but I have to say there’s been a redistribution of the flesh!

  Francesca Annis

  Children, Weight Loss, Flesh

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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

  People, Age, Looks

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• 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

  Giving, Support, Goes On

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• I do find acting cathartic.

  Francesca Annis

  Acting, Cathartic

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• The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.

  Francesca Annis

  Decay, Firsts, Accepting

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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 thats what really started me off.

  Francesca Annis

  School, Thinking, Impact

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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.

  Francesca Annis

  Believe, Energy, Fixing Things

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• 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

  Character, Trying, Smokers

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• 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

  Jobs, Children, Erotic

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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.

  Francesca Annis

  People, Doe, Needs

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

  Francesca Annis

  Home, Various

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• I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

  Francesca Annis

  Pride, Suffering, Used

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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.

  Francesca Annis

  Arrogance Of Youth, People, Said

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• I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap.

  Francesca Annis

  Inspirational, Dance, Rap

  "Francesca Annis: 'Remember, I didn't choose to be an actress'". Interview with Hermione Eyre, www.independent.co.uk. December 15, 2002.

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

  Francesca Annis

  Thinking, People, Looks

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• I don't really have an image of myself. Now, is that true? Well, maybe I do and it's different, which is why I get shocked when I see how other people experience me. I see myself primarily in a domestic setting.

  Francesca Annis

  People, Experience, Different

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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

  Francesca Annis

  Hair, Weather, Looks

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• I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring

  Francesca Annis

  Would Be, Playing Someone, Boring

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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.

  Francesca Annis

  Regret, Mean, Trying

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• Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.

  Francesca Annis

  Sound, Actors, Want

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• 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

  Drama, Successful, Victim

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