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

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" There were no prototypes for me - the telly was full of little blonde juveniles. "

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

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" 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! "

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

From Time To Time

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 am not aware of fans, because I don't live that sort of life, but I am awfully grateful. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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