Felicity Kendal famous quotes

04-17-2025

There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their lips move.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Moving #Way #Lips
I don't think, until you've actually lost somebody you really love, that you can go through that door that allows you to be grown-up.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Thinking #Doors #Lost
I love gentle, gorgeous classical music such as Mozart.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Gorgeous #Classical Music #Gentle
I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Trying #Chipmunks #Fillers
The gym is where I get my chill-out time. I try to go six days a week, but when I'm working, that goes down to about three.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Trying #Three #Six
I don't treasure things much - just people. And pets.
-- Felicity Kendal

#People #Pet #Treasure
I don't take money seriously, so I can't keep any.
-- Felicity Kendal
I'm not very much of a foodie; I like small amounts of delicious things, but I've never overeaten - I'd much rather have a glass of wine.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Wine #Glasses #Wine Glass
It's nice not to have lines when you frown, especially on TV. I don't know why people make such a fuss about it. No one is interested if a woman has her teeth capped or her hair dyed.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Nice #Hair #People
In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Thinking #Play #Trying
I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Opposites #People #Lazy
It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Player #Feet #Land
There is the most wonderful thing called Polaris: it's a very high frequency laser treatment that lifts and tightens the skin.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Skins #Lasers #Wonderful
I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things.
-- Felicity Kendal

#People #Negative #Agents
The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldnt get any roles other than as somebody dark.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Girl #Dark #Years
Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Boat #Feels
I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it's kinder not to. I'm deeply into my 50s now.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Good Life #Thinking #Fans
As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Drama #Play #Tvs
I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Mother #Flirting #Enjoy
When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Hair #Feminist #Bills
I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do?
-- Felicity Kendal

#Thinking #Relax #Aging
For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Laughing #Important #Together
So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Falling In Love #Love You #Roles
When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Special #Littles #Anticipation
Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
-- Felicity Kendal

#Success #Congratulations #Success And Failure

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