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" I have always thought of myself as rather a happy person. Apart from a few knocks along the way, I consider myself to have been extremely lucky. "

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" 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. "

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" The first time Rachie and I will be working together is on an episode of 'Doctor Who' specially written for us by Mark Gatiss. How lucky is that? "

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

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

" Maybe at this stage in my career, it's from that younger generation that I have most to learn. "

" In actual fact, I doubled 'Twelfth Night' and 'The Avengers'. I was going backwards and forwards to Stratford. I played matinees Wednesday, matinee and evenings Saturdays, and the other days of the week, I was filming in Elstree. "

" I've played the Greek classics; I've played the English classics. I promise you, I'm not complacent, because I hope to be playing all sorts of stuff that I've never played before while the mind - and the body - still functions. "

" 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? "

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" 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 hope there's a tinge of disgrace about me. Hopefully, there's one good scandal left in me yet. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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