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" I never get lonely; even as a child, I didn't. "

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" 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? "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You hand the baton on, and that's why roles like 'Medea' resonate for years and years, as each new actor comes to it. "

" The older you get, I have to say, the funnier you find life. That's the only way to go. "

" I thought it was ridiculous that I was being paid less than a cameraman, and I wanted to shame them. And I did. "

" When I started, TV was regarded as something that wasn't as great as film or theatre or radio, but it has proved to have far greater powers than those. "

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

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

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

" 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! "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There are those who have a knowledge and passion for the theatre, and those who don't. "

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

" 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? "

Working Together

" 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. "

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

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

From Time To Time

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

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

" I think I'm a mousepad. I don't want to be a mousepad, but I'm a mousepad. I'm also a screen saver, thank you very much. It's weird. "

" You can't actually legislate what goes on in people's minds and their attitudes, but you certainly can legislate for parity where pay and salaries are concerned. "

" I didn't know what to do with the fan mail. I had a little mini, and I used to put it at the back of my mini, and it grew and grew. "

" There was a guy called Carlos Thompson, who was I think Argentinian, and he was doing a series called 'Sentimental Agent'. That was the very first thing that I did. It was supposed to be taking place in some exotic location, but in actual fact, it was Chertsey with a few shivering potted palms. "

" I've been in the business 60 years, and it's taken me this long to play a scene with a monkey. That's what happens if you stick around. "

" An awful lot of actors shy away from the uglier aspects of the human condition. They want to be liked, which is a cop-out. You've got to go for it. "