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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. "

Diana Rigg

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Happy

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

" 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

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" I confess I do a lot of the wrong things: I smoke, and I drink wine, and people might be horrified at my eating habits - I eat when I'm hungry, and if I'm not, I don't. "

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

" 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. "

" These days, it's perfectly normal to move between the theatre and television. "

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

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

" I regard bed as my best friend. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

Diana Rigg

Long

Will

" Yes, well, you are quite camp, so I guess that he could see the point of you. "

Diana Rigg

Point

See

" 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

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

" 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

" 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

" To all the younglings I come across in 'Game of Thrones' who suddenly find themselves well known, I say the theatre is your best friend - they will remember you. "

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

" There is a life after being at the pinnacle of your beauty. Plenty of life and fun. "

" 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? "

" I love 'Mastermind'. It's touching that people spend so much time learning. I do have quite good general knowledge, but I wouldn't consider going on the show. I also like watching 'Only Connect.' "

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

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