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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 think women of my age are still attractive. "

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

" 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'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! "

" 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. "

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

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

" Mostly what you remember and enjoy are the scenes you played with people. And quite often, they're the combative scenes! "

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

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

" I regard bed as my best friend. "

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

" Once, when I was playing a nude scene in an indifferent play in New York, a critic wrote, 'Diana Rigg is built like a brick basilica with too few flying buttresses.' Do you think that's fair? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Critics have to sit through an awful lot of rubbish, and you feel really sorry for them. In fact, I've been in a play where I felt sorry for the critics. "