Diana Rigg

“Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me.”

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

“The older I get, the more I'm inclined to say 'to hell with it.'”

“I am a feminist, but I am not a man-hater.”

“Theatre is the thing I'm most passionate about.”

“I do not have a television. I'm not a domestic goddess.”

“So many actresses are desperate for work. There are so many of us, and there's not much for us.”

“I think high-heels are a plot against women. I'm a flat-shoe girl.”

“I am thrilled to be a dame. I'm so glad my mother is alive to see it.”

“The thing about 'The Avengers' is that it was ahead of its time. It was the first series to have a woman who was the intellectual and physical equal of the man.”

“I made a lot of money, and I had a lot of fun. I just didn't have much of a private life.”

“I was considered to be one of the most beautiful women in the world, which was a bit of a laugh.”

“I don't have a mobile phone. I don't want one.”

“I'm an enormously privileged person in that I can pick and choose, which is a lovely position to be in.”

“I was never a great beauty. I was never a great actress. I was just good at my job.”