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

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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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" Classes were incredibly boring. I took to dreaming. They took to punishing me. I was always working off punishments for not doing what I was supposed to do. "

" I hope there's a tinge of disgrace about me. Hopefully, there's one good scandal left in me yet. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The older you get, I have to say, the funnier you find life. That's the only way to go. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Many years ago, when I was working on Broadway, I used to go to a drug rehabilitation centre on Sundays. I didn't lecture them against the perils of drug-taking; I gave them drama therapy. "

" 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? "

" Do you know, I have no idea how I got 'The Avengers'? I'd left the Royal Shakespeare Company, and I was one of a long list of girls, and got it on my audition. "

" Years ago I was at a function, and I must have said something really rude to Paul Daniels the magician. I can't recall what I said, but I remember him looking utterly crestfallen. I'm not that sort of person, but I must have said something very cutting and belittling. Our paths haven't crossed since, but if they had, I would have said sorry to him. "

" '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. "

" 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. "