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Francesca Annis
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 14
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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.
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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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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.
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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 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.
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Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.
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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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Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.
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I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they've read. I'd be sitting on a train looking over someone's shoulder and thinking: That's familiar... oh my God, it's me.
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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.
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I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.
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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.
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You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.
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I’m the same weight now as I’ve always been-even before having children-but I have to say there’s been a redistribution of the flesh!
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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.
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I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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