Top 85 Quotes by Francesca Annis

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.

An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.

I am pretty self-indulgent.

Each decade, I've lived in that decade, so I could easily shed the '20s, the '30s, the '40s.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Eat well and sleep well. That will feed your nervous system and your psyche. As you get older, you look how you feel.