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.

- 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.

- Francesca Annis

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.

- Francesca Annis

Truly charismatic people, in my experience, don't come along very often.

- Francesca Annis

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

- Francesca Annis

Having children with someone is the real bond.

- Francesca Annis

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

- Francesca Annis

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.

- Francesca Annis

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.

- Francesca Annis

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.

- Francesca Annis

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.

- Francesca Annis

Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.

- 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.

- Francesca Annis

There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.

- Francesca Annis

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.

- Francesca Annis

I am not a fanatic about anything. I do what I can do when I've got the time.

- Francesca Annis

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.

- Francesca Annis

I'm one of the great unemployed looking for the next job. I'm waiting for the right offer. Like anyone, I want something that turns me on inside.

- Francesca Annis

However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.

- Francesca Annis

I like having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party.

- Francesca Annis