105 Quotes by Diana Rigg

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

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.

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

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.

I get tetchy with myself when I forget. I also get tetchy when directors ask you for take after take after take after take for no apparent reason. I've heard Maggie Smith gets tetchy for the same reason.

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.

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.

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