A biography for Francesca Annishasn’t been written yet.
“I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.”
“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 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.”
“After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.”
“Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.”
“I have always done exercise because I was a dancer, and it is probably good for you. I have done yoga consistently.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I am not a fanatic about anything. I do what I can do when I've got the time.”
“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.”
“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.”
“You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.”
“Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.”
“Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.”
“Everyone has class, one class or another.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Truly charismatic people, in my experience, don't come along very often.”
“I can easily sleep from nine to 13 hours a night.”