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Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.

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Francesca Annis
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 14
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Stage Actor
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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.
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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.
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I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.
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Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.
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I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.
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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.
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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.
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I am pretty self-indulgent.
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I do find acting cathartic.
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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.
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Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.
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From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I didn't choose to be an actress
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The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.
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I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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