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" There is always one thing that turns you into an icon, an iconic image: in my case, a catsuit. But the icon 40 years later doesn't really want to know because it's not relevant to me. "

Diana Rigg

You

Always

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" Some of those early photographs of me might as well be sepia. It's always thought that I disclaim television and am too theatre, but the truth is 'The Avengers' bores me now. I was grateful because it catapulted me into stage stardom. It was good. I'm not ashamed of it. But I only did it for two years. "

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

" They do say that the profession gets increasingly difficult, but my career seems to have been inside out. "

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

Diana Rigg

Long

Will

" 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! "

" 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. "

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

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

Diana Rigg

Successful

Generation

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

" 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. "

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

" If you get serious about yourself as you get old, you are pathetic. "

" 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 think women of my age are still attractive. "

" 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? "

" I'm portrayed as this tough broad, but I'm not. "

" 'Game of Thrones' is wonderful. My theory is they employ all these British actors because, one, they are like me and grateful. Two, we turn up, and we know our lines. Three, we don't demand a 60 ft. Winnebago and PA, and four, largely we are very uncomplaining. "

Diana Rigg

Game

Know

" 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. "

" 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 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. "