Quotes by Diana Rigg

I thought it was ridiculous that I was being paid less than a cameraman, and I wanted to shame them. And I did.

Some of those early photographs of me might as well be sepia. It's always thought that I disclaim television and am too theatre, but the truth is 'The Avengers' bores me now. I was grateful because it catapulted me into stage stardom. It was good. I'm not ashamed of it. But I only did it for two years.

They do say that the profession gets increasingly difficult, but my career seems to have been inside out.

Tabloid newspapers are very rich and hold huge funds to fight claims.

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.

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.

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

Classes were incredibly boring. I took to dreaming. They took to punishing me. I was always working off punishments for not doing what I was supposed to do.