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I regard bed as my best friend.
I think women of my age are still attractive.
I never get lonely; even as a child, I didn't.
I'm portrayed as this tough broad, but I'm not.
I don't have it in for critics, and I never have.
I rely upon the directors to fill me in before a shot.
I think Thespis just wanted to be a solo player, you know?
I've been utterly and completely castigated from time to time.
I'm so lucky. I could be sitting at home crumbling, but I'm not.
I only know how to play bad mums because they're the best parts.
If you get serious about yourself as you get old, you are pathetic.
Tabloid newspapers are very rich and hold huge funds to fight claims.
I made a bit of a stink. At the time, it was considered very bad form.
I don't mean to be oily, but critics are very much part of the theatre.
Yes, well, you are quite camp, so I guess that he could see the point of you.
These days, it's perfectly normal to move between the theatre and television.
Working keeps me young. Anything that exercises the brain like learning lines.
There were no prototypes for me - the telly was full of little blonde juveniles.
There is a life after being at the pinnacle of your beauty. Plenty of life and fun.
There are those who have a knowledge and passion for the theatre, and those who don't.
The older you get, I have to say, the funnier you find life. That's the only way to go.
The opportunity to be bizarre - I am bizarre, aren't I? - is just so wonderful, isn't it?
I am not aware of fans, because I don't live that sort of life, but I am awfully grateful.
If you're earning equal pay to a man, you get respect. It shouldn't be that way, but it is.
George Lazenby was ill-equipped. It's not for nothing that they didn't offer him any sequels.
Maybe at this stage in my career, it's from that younger generation that I have most to learn.
I step into a character in my public life. People who don't make that distinction are dooooomed.
I hope there's a tinge of disgrace about me. Hopefully, there's one good scandal left in me yet.
I was nourished and nurtured at Stratford as a very young actress. They guided me and forgave me!
I cry all the time. Remembrance Day in particular. In fact, anything to do with veterans makes me sob.
If you have a good inner life, you don't get lonely. I've got a good imagination. I don't miss romance.
It tends to be overlooked that many people are indirectly affected by thoughtless and cruel journalism.
I loved the idea of playing this naughty old bag, offering her own explanation. It's my idea of heaven.
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.
They do say that the profession gets increasingly difficult, but my career seems to have been inside out.
It's particularly exhausting because Medea is defined by her determination. The role is all about endeavour.
I thought it was ridiculous that I was being paid less than a cameraman, and I wanted to shame them. And I did.
I love women but am aware we're dangerous and deeply competitive, although I gave up being competitive long ago.
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 hand the baton on, and that's why roles like 'Medea' resonate for years and years, as each new actor comes to it.
It's a very powerful medium now, and should be celebrated as such, because we have the greatest television in the world.
Mostly what you remember and enjoy are the scenes you played with people. And quite often, they're the combative scenes!
In the old days, a star was someone up there - you know, Greta Garbo - but a telly star was somebody you could approach.
I would head to the countryside for peace and silence. That would be the best way, away from panicked, hysterical people.
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'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 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?
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.
I think I'm a mousepad. I don't want to be a mousepad, but I'm a mousepad. I'm also a screen saver, thank you very much. It's weird.
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.