Quotes from Francesca Annis

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.

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.

So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.

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.

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

In the theatre, once you've gone about eight rows back, everybody else is just listening to you. You're very small, and nobody can really see what you're doing.

I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.

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.

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.

As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.

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.

I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.

I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.

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.

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

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

From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.

From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now.

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.

There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.

I am not a fanatic about anything. I do what I can do when I've got the time.

It's not so much the dressing up, but I love the idea of moving and existing in a different time.

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.

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