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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? "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I think Thespis just wanted to be a solo player, you know? "

" 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. "

" 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 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 only know how to play bad mums because they're the best parts. "

" You'll always be close to somebody that you worked with very intimately for so long, and you become really fond of each other. "

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

" I have no way of comparing myself to other people my age; I can't compare myself with Jane Fonda, can I? I haven't had the work done. I admire the discipline of someone who maintains that degree of beauty, but I'm not prepared to do it. "

" I think you have to know someone to truly dislike them, don't you? That said, I'd shove most politicians into a cauldron and boil them up. "

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

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

" I don't mean to be oily, but critics are very much part of the theatre. "

" I find the whole feminist thing very boring. They are so much on the defensive that they dare not love a man because they feel assaulted by being dependent. "

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

" 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. "