114 Quotes by Francesca Annis

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

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.

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.

My children were brought up with their grandparents, and I was brought up with my grandparents. I think the continuity of moving through life together gives people a certain pride and sense of security.

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.

Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.

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

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

Truly charismatic people, in my experience, dont come along very often.