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FRANCESCA ANNIS I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my w0rk and it's in the public arena, but that... FRANCESCA ANNIS Everyone's interesting if you stare at them long enough. FRANCESCA ZAPPIA You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor... FRANCESCA ANNIS I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Bur... FRANCESCA ANNIS It seemed to me that so much of America's myth, stories, visions and iconographic images are in many... FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO But she is good, ... It was the first time that I saw her and I just tried to do my job. I had to ru... FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE I'm looking forward to playing against Francesca, ... We are very good friends, so even if she beats... FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE You just fight. In the first set she just had that little bit extra, and it was the same for me in t... FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE The humidity is high. You have to change your shirt, you have to drink correct, eat correct, sleep c... FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE In the second set I tried to serve better and to do better with my return and make her play what she... FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre. FRANCESCA ANNIS You don't know it, but I'm a vertical megabrand with cross-media platforms FRANCESCA CASTAGNOLI Something very personal. To prove myself, to keep going and believe in myself. It's not just a troph... FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE I can feel the 60S looming. In my profession, I've just moved along with my age. By thinking in ... FRANCESCA ANNIS I became part of your fantasy, hoping that one day you would become part of mine! FRANCESCA MULONE People say teenagers think they're immortal, and I agree with that. But I think there's a difference... FRANCESCA ZAPPIA Did You wrap yourself inside the unexpected so we might know that Love would go that far? FRANCESCA BATTISTELLI I was very focused, very motivated and I had good tactics, FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE I didn't have the luxury of taking reality for granted. And I wouldn't say I hated people who did, b... FRANCESCA ZAPPIA Believing something existed and then finding out it didn't was like reaching the top of the stairs a... FRANCESCA ZAPPIA