Francesca Annis Quotes

My private life became public.

I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.

Once you expose your private life, if you give one little bit, the floodgates are open and everyone's got a free range for you.

Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.

I very much dislike being interviewed by the kind of journalist who tries to dig into your private life.

My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are so exposed and can't fight against it.

It's a strange environment, being hounded. The paparazzi are cretins.

I think if you do a lot of interviews, you're laying yourself open. If you put yourself out, accept every invitation to every premiere, then you can't really complain when people knock on your front door and photograph you in the street.

My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.

Celebrity damages private life.

I'd never really wanted to have a really 'private' life before. But when somebody starts delving into it and printing details through the tabloids for shagging people you shouldn't have shagged, then that probably made me shy away a bit more from giving too much away.

If you invite someone into your front room you can't be surprised when there are suddenly people outside your windows with cameras.

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.

I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit.

It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security.

I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities.

The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras.

I'm not a hermit, but I definitely stay in a lot more than I used to. There's more attention now then there ever was. You walk down the street with someone and it's a story. It becomes national news, you know what I mean? So, I still do things, but I stay home a lot more.

I never feel that far away from the tabloids.

I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business.

I just don't want to talk about my personal life. I feel like it's mine, I'm not trying to promote it. It's nice to have things that are your own, that you value enough that you don't have to use to sell a movie.

I've chosen not to talk about my really private life to the press - I've never invited a huge amount of attention.

I'm not bothered by the paparazzi and I don't feel hemmed in, I've never felt that. My youth, mind you, there wasn't quite the same attention to celebrities as there is now, but I've never felt that.

I understand why people might be interested. But I just don't talk about my personal life. It's a decision I made a long time ago, before I ever even knew anyone would be interested in my personal life.