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" I rely upon the directors to fill me in before a shot. "
Diana Rigg
Rely
Shot
Me
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" It tends to be overlooked that many people are indirectly affected by thoughtless and cruel journalism. "
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" I don't mean to be oily, but critics are very much part of the theatre. "
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Much
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" 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. "
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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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Him
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" 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. "
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Remember
" I was nourished and nurtured at Stratford as a very young actress. They guided me and forgave me! "
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Young
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" If you have a good inner life, you don't get lonely. I've got a good imagination. I don't miss romance. "
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You
" 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. "
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Brother
Me
" 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. "
Diana Rigg
Day
Lie
Me
" 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. "
Diana Rigg
Working
Broadway
Drama
" If you're earning equal pay to a man, you get respect. It shouldn't be that way, but it is. "
Diana Rigg
Man
Pay
Respect
" I don't generally give interviews unless I have to promote a play and had sworn years ago, having been bitten once too often, never to be interviewed by a woman again. "
Diana Rigg
Years
Interviews
Play
" It may be a masculine attitude to take lovers, but it's definitely prevalent. I'm certainly not the oldest person doing it - not that I'm doing it right now, but when I was. "
Diana Rigg
Now
Right
Person
" I think women of my age are still attractive. "
Diana Rigg
Age
Still
Attractive
" I think politicians misjudge our intelligence. We can, and do, see through them. But I quite enjoy watching political programmes because they get the heart going. "
Diana Rigg
Heart
Political
Intelligence
" 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. "
Diana Rigg
Mail
Back
Fan
" I love women but am aware we're dangerous and deeply competitive, although I gave up being competitive long ago. "
Diana Rigg
Up
Women
Dangerous
" I think Thespis just wanted to be a solo player, you know? "
Diana Rigg
Just
Know
Solo
" 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. "
Diana Rigg
Boring
Working
Off
" I read prodigiously as a child, and I still do. "
Diana Rigg
Still
Child
Read
" '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. "
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You
Performance
Challenge
" There is a life after being at the pinnacle of your beauty. Plenty of life and fun. "
Diana Rigg
Life
Beauty
Fun
" Yes, well, you are quite camp, so I guess that he could see the point of you. "
Diana Rigg
He
Point
See
" 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? "
Diana Rigg
Say
Always
God
" Television has taught me an economy of style I didn't have before. I feel it has done me nothing but good. "
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Good
Feel
Done
" Some of those early photographs of me might as well be sepia. It's always thought that I disclaim television and am too theatre, but the truth is 'The Avengers' bores me now. I was grateful because it catapulted me into stage stardom. It was good. I'm not ashamed of it. But I only did it for two years. "
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Truth
Theatre
Grateful
" Tabloid newspapers are very rich and hold huge funds to fight claims. "
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Rich
Newspapers
Hold
" I'm really grateful for 'Game of Thrones'. It's something wonderful to happen to an actress of my age, and Dubrovnik is astonishingly beautiful. "
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Age
Happen
Grateful
" 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. "
Diana Rigg
Everything
True
Will
" 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
Me
You
Always