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

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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I never get lonely; even as a child, I didn't. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 was nice and well-mannered because I was taught manners. I was very imaginative and quite adventurous. I was a tomboy, and I was always jealous that my older brother Hugh had bigger toy aeroplanes than me. I was always playing with boys' toys; I don't remember owning any dolls. "

" To all the younglings I come across in 'Game of Thrones' who suddenly find themselves well known, I say the theatre is your best friend - they will remember you. "

" 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. "

" '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. "

" I love women but am aware we're dangerous and deeply competitive, although I gave up being competitive long ago. "

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