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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. "

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" 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. "

" We depend on the critics to give us a glimpse of what happened. Bernard Shaw championed Ibsen, who got the most terrible notices for his plays. Kenneth Tynan championed young writers, and as a result, the theatre has changed radically. "

Diana Rigg

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

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

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

Diana Rigg

Left

Hope

" 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 rely upon the directors to fill me in before a shot. "

Diana Rigg

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You have to have the same power to lead the life you want as a man does, and that means earning the same amount of money. We still have a battle on our hands with that. "

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

" '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. "

" Working keeps me young. Anything that exercises the brain like learning lines. "

" 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? "

Diana Rigg

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Why

" I only know how to play bad mums because they're the best parts. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I loved the idea of playing this naughty old bag, offering her own explanation. It's my idea of heaven. "

" 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. "

Diana Rigg

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Lie

" I find the whole feminist thing very boring. They are so much on the defensive that they dare not love a man because they feel assaulted by being dependent. "

" 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.' "

" All these old images of me floating across the screen, the terrible chasm of what you were and what you are. I know who I am, but these people who see me as I was then don't. "

" 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! "