“However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relatio...” — Francesca Annis Quote

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

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

My mother was madly adventurous. My father was an actor - he worked with Gielgud - and my mother came from a very wealthy family. She definitely wasn't meant to marry an actor, but she eloped with him one lunch-time.

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.

From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.

Now that I have my dream job, my friends are less sympathetic to my dating troubles. I think it's easy to feel like one area of your life isn't going the way you want it to. And if another area of your life is going the way you want it to, you feel guilty for wanting the other area to go well, too.

I have a Tinder account. Now I've done Bumble, and I've tried this other one, and the way I justified it is that... because I'm on TV, I shouldn't be eliminated from participating in what's going on in the world. But people are always like, 'I can't believe you're on a dating app!'

I was a late starter on the romantic front. I didn't start dating until I was in my 30s.

I change my mind so much I need two boyfriends and a girlfriend.