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" 'Game of Thrones' is wonderful. My theory is they employ all these British actors because, one, they are like me and grateful. Two, we turn up, and we know our lines. Three, we don't demand a 60 ft. Winnebago and PA, and four, largely we are very uncomplaining. "

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" It's a very powerful medium now, and should be celebrated as such, because we have the greatest television in the world. "

Diana Rigg

Powerful

World

Television

" I was very, very young, living in India. I'd been put to bed in the afternoon, and I had that lovely feeling you have when you're about to nod off. I remember the yellow curtains of the room blowing in the wind and feeling blissfully happy and content. "

" I think you have to know someone to truly dislike them, don't you? That said, I'd shove most politicians into a cauldron and boil them up. "

" I rely upon the directors to fill me in before a shot. "

Diana Rigg

Rely

Shot

" Tabloid newspapers are very rich and hold huge funds to fight claims. "

" It tends to be overlooked that many people are indirectly affected by thoughtless and cruel journalism. "

" I've always been on the side of fully emancipated women with independent minds. "

" Many years ago, when I was working on Broadway, I used to go to a drug rehabilitation centre on Sundays. I didn't lecture them against the perils of drug-taking; I gave them drama therapy. "

" I'm so lucky. I could be sitting at home crumbling, but I'm not. "

" I've been single forever, and, oh God, I love every minute of it. I don't wish to sound offensive, and it always does when women say that, doesn't it? "

" I was nourished and nurtured at Stratford as a very young actress. They guided me and forgave me! "

Diana Rigg

Young

Very

" Television has taught me an economy of style I didn't have before. I feel it has done me nothing but good. "

" I'm an old bag for the most part on 'Game Of Thrones', so it's so lovely to be glamorous - as glamorous as you can be at my age! "

" Most of the women in Greek tragedies have their fates predetermined. The gods dictate that such and such will happen to them, and everything they predict comes true. Not Medea. "

" It's a question of economics. If you're paid the same as a man, which now you are in this profession, you're equal. "

" I love women but am aware we're dangerous and deeply competitive, although I gave up being competitive long ago. "

Diana Rigg

Women

Dangerous

" Classes were incredibly boring. I took to dreaming. They took to punishing me. I was always working off punishments for not doing what I was supposed to do. "

" The opportunity to be bizarre - I am bizarre, aren't I? - is just so wonderful, isn't it? "

Diana Rigg

I Am

Just

" We depend on the critics to give us a glimpse of what happened. Bernard Shaw championed Ibsen, who got the most terrible notices for his plays. Kenneth Tynan championed young writers, and as a result, the theatre has changed radically. "

Diana Rigg

Got

Young

" If you're earning equal pay to a man, you get respect. It shouldn't be that way, but it is. "

" I come from a generation which definitely treated anyone older and more successful with reverence. But it's much more democratic nowadays. "

Diana Rigg

Successful

Generation

" I'm in a position to do exactly what I want. I travel quite a lot. I read prodigiously. I go to the theater, to concerts. London is a wonderful city to live in. "

" I regard bed as my best friend. "

" I would head to the countryside for peace and silence. That would be the best way, away from panicked, hysterical people. "

" When my marriage broke up, I went to three separate therapists, and each was worse than the last. I can only speak for myself. There are other people it's been incredibly useful for, but not me. "

Diana Rigg

Myself

Speak

" I would like to keep working forever. As long as they will have me. "

Diana Rigg

Long

Will

" I get tetchy with myself when I forget. I also get tetchy when directors ask you for take after take after take after take for no apparent reason. I've heard Maggie Smith gets tetchy for the same reason. "

" If you have a good inner life, you don't get lonely. I've got a good imagination. I don't miss romance. "

" There is always one thing that turns you into an icon, an iconic image: in my case, a catsuit. But the icon 40 years later doesn't really want to know because it's not relevant to me. "

Diana Rigg

You

Always

" I wouldn't like to see a female Bond, because we wouldn't want to lose the Bond girls. But we could have a lesbian Bond - why not? "

Diana Rigg

Lose

Why