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" It was an extremely overdramatic play called 'Wild Decembers'. It was all about the Brontes, and they all, one after the other, died of tuberculosis. I remember taking every opportunity to cough over other people's lines. "

Diana Rigg

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" Mostly what you remember and enjoy are the scenes you played with people. And quite often, they're the combative scenes! "

" If you have a good inner life, you don't get lonely. I've got a good imagination. I don't miss romance. "

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

" When my marriage broke up, I went to three separate therapists, and each was worse than the last. I can only speak for myself. There are other people it's been incredibly useful for, but not me. "

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" I don't have it in for critics, and I never have. "

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" I've always been on the side of fully emancipated women with independent minds. "

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

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" If it were said that I didn't fulfil my potential as a mother and wife, I'd be heartbroken. But if it were said that I hadn't fulfilled my potential as an actress, I would understand the reasons why. "

" I don't mind getting old except for the pain. I have two new knees, so going downstairs is not perfect. Nobody tells you about the pain. "

" 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. "

" 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 never relied on my beauty for anything. It was one of those things that was inevitable; you have a bit of philosophy about it. I didn't go into mourning. "

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" 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. "

" 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? "

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

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

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

" If you're earning equal pay to a man, you get respect. It shouldn't be that way, but it is. "

" I think women of my age are still attractive. "

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

" '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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "