It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself simply as living my life.... I feel it's pushing your luck to define how happy you are. (Francesca Annis)

It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself simply as living my life.... I feel it's pushing your luck to define how happy you are.

Francesca Annis

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