Top 85 Quotes by Francesca Annis

I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.

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 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.

I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks.

Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.

I'm not bothered or sad about being on my own - after all, I've never had a husband.

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

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.

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.

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.