Felicity Kendal

The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a…

— Felicity Kendal

It's nice not to have lines when you frown, especially on TV. I don't know why people make such a fuss about…

— Felicity Kendal

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…

— Felicity Kendal

My parents were very volatile but very loving. My father would get jealous if my mother looked at somebody. I used to…

— Felicity Kendal

I wouldn't trade anything for family time. To me, it is more important than everything else, and I have a very deep-rooted…

— Felicity Kendal

So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.

— Felicity Kendal

From the early days of the Raj, Shakespeare had been woven into the fabric of India's education, and my father understood that…

— Felicity Kendal

I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did.

— Felicity Kendal

It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in…

— Felicity Kendal

When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the…

— Felicity Kendal

It's difficult to say what attracts one person to another. It's always a combination, isn't it? I've always found people interesting because…

— Felicity Kendal

Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.

— Felicity Kendal

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…

— Felicity Kendal

I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work.…

— Felicity Kendal

After making my stage debut aged nine as Macduff's small son in 'Macbeth,' I had played a number of parts, from 'Twelfth…

— Felicity Kendal

The gym is where I get my chill-out time. I try to go six days a week, but when I'm working, that…

— Felicity Kendal

For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.

— Felicity Kendal

I don't think I've ever not had a dark side. But one of the wonderful reasons why you go into this business…

— Felicity Kendal

The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.

— Felicity Kendal

When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle…

— Felicity Kendal

A lot of my close friends are nothing to do with show business. But the people I've had relationships with, invariably, I've…

— Felicity Kendal

I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.

— Felicity Kendal

I love gentle, gorgeous classical music such as Mozart.

— Felicity Kendal

I think in the acting world you either manage that transition to older roles, or you stick with what you've always done…

— Felicity Kendal