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" Yes, well, you are quite camp, so I guess that he could see the point of you. "

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" The first time Rachie and I will be working together is on an episode of 'Doctor Who' specially written for us by Mark Gatiss. How lucky is that? "

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" 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. "

" If a man holds a door open for me or pulls back a chair so that this old bag can sit down, I'm delighted. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Television has taught me an economy of style I didn't have before. I feel it has done me nothing but good. "

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

" '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. "

" 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? "

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

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

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

" It tends to be overlooked that many people are indirectly affected by thoughtless and cruel journalism. "

" 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? "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" There are those who have a knowledge and passion for the theatre, and those who don't. "

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

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

" 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'm so lucky. I could be sitting at home crumbling, but I'm not. "

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