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" George Lazenby was ill-equipped. It's not for nothing that they didn't offer him any sequels. "

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" 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. "

" I was nice and well-mannered because I was taught manners. I was very imaginative and quite adventurous. I was a tomboy, and I was always jealous that my older brother Hugh had bigger toy aeroplanes than me. I was always playing with boys' toys; I don't remember owning any dolls. "

" I read prodigiously as a child, and I still do. "

" 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. "

" There were no prototypes for me - the telly was full of little blonde juveniles. "

" 'Medea' is an enormous challenge for an actor physically, mentally, emotionally. You have to dig very, very deep, and to work, your performance has to be very personal. "

" It's particularly exhausting because Medea is defined by her determination. The role is all about endeavour. "

" I've been utterly and completely castigated from time to time. "

From Time To Time

" 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 step into a character in my public life. People who don't make that distinction are dooooomed. "

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

" 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? "

" In the old days, a star was someone up there - you know, Greta Garbo - but a telly star was somebody you could approach. "

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

" It would be nice if they didn't make me get up at 5 A.M. for a 12-hour day. My caravan is never big enough to lie down. There is no little doze. You are knackered by the time you get home. Knackered. "

" I'm portrayed as this tough broad, but I'm not. "

" If a man holds a door open for me or pulls back a chair so that this old bag can sit down, I'm delighted. "

" I cry all the time. Remembrance Day in particular. In fact, anything to do with veterans makes me sob. "

" I made a bit of a stink. At the time, it was considered very bad form. "

" 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. "

" I regard bed as my best friend. "

" I am not aware of fans, because I don't live that sort of life, but I am awfully grateful. "

" Working keeps me young. Anything that exercises the brain like learning lines. "

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

" Once, when I was playing a nude scene in an indifferent play in New York, a critic wrote, 'Diana Rigg is built like a brick basilica with too few flying buttresses.' Do you think that's fair? "

" I don't mind getting old except for the pain. I have two new knees, so going downstairs is not perfect. Nobody tells you about the pain. "

" 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. "

" Critics have to sit through an awful lot of rubbish, and you feel really sorry for them. In fact, I've been in a play where I felt sorry for the critics. "

" I think women of my age are still attractive. "

" If it were said that I didn't fulfil my potential as a mother and wife, I'd be heartbroken. But if it were said that I hadn't fulfilled my potential as an actress, I would understand the reasons why. "