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" Maybe at this stage in my career, it's from that younger generation that I have most to learn. "

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" 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? "

Working Together

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

" 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. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" There are those who have a knowledge and passion for the theatre, and those who don't. "

" 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 was nourished and nurtured at Stratford as a very young actress. They guided me and forgave me! "

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

" 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. "

" 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 played the Greek classics; I've played the English classics. I promise you, I'm not complacent, because I hope to be playing all sorts of stuff that I've never played before while the mind - and the body - still functions. "

" In actual fact, I doubled 'Twelfth Night' and 'The Avengers'. I was going backwards and forwards to Stratford. I played matinees Wednesday, matinee and evenings Saturdays, and the other days of the week, I was filming in Elstree. "

" I'd love to have done more film, but you can't have everything. "

" 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. "

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

From Time To Time

" It's a question of economics. If you're paid the same as a man, which now you are in this profession, you're equal. "

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

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

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

" I'm in a position to do exactly what I want. I travel quite a lot. I read prodigiously. I go to the theater, to concerts. London is a wonderful city to live in. "

" We have no companies now, not in the sense that I know, that nurture actors. It's very depressing that, given the money they get, the companies today don't number up in my estimation. They should be bringing on young talent, and they don't. "

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