114 Quotes by Francesca Annis

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.

I’ll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I never pursued being ‘famous.’

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.