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Diana Rigg

British Actress

Born: Jul 20, 1938

Because Me People Theatre Think You

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I was nice and well-mannered because I was taught manners. I was very imaginative and quite adventurous. I was a tomboy, and I was always jealous that my older brother Hugh had bigger toy aeroplanes than me. I was always playing with boys' toys; I don't remember owning any dolls. Diana Rigg

Jealous Me Remember Manners Nice Older Brother Had Adventurous Toy Toys Because Boy Always Aeroplanes Dolls Very Than Hugh Any Quite Owning Taught Bigger Older Brother Tomboy Playing Imaginative

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

Tough Broad Portrayed

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

Hope Good Me Scandal Hopefully About Left Disgrace

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

Time Made Considered Bit Bad Stink Very Form

Maybe at this stage in my career, it's from that younger generation that I have most to learn. Diana Rigg

Generation Stage Most Learn Maybe Younger Younger Generation Career

They do say that the profession gets increasingly difficult, but my career seems to have been inside out. I'm playing the biggest parts now that I'm older. That's probably right, because I wasn't ready for them before. Diana Rigg

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

You Man Respect Pay Earning Way Equal Equal Pay Get

I think women of my age are still attractive. Diana Rigg

Age Women Think Attractive Still

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. Diana Rigg

I think Thespis just wanted to be a solo player, you know? Diana Rigg

You Think Solo Know Just Wanted Player

I never get lonely; even as a child, I didn't. Diana Rigg

Lonely Never Child Get Even

I read prodigiously as a child, and I still do. Diana Rigg

Read Still Child

I was nourished and nurtured at Stratford as a very young actress. They guided me and forgave me! Diana Rigg

Me Young Nurtured Guided Very Forgave Nourished Stratford Actress

We have no companies now, not in the sense that I know, that nurture actors. It's very depressing that, given the money they get, the companies today don't number up in my estimation. They should be bringing on young talent, and they don't. Diana Rigg

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

Home Could Crumbling Sitting Lucky

There is a life after being at the pinnacle of your beauty. Plenty of life and fun. Diana Rigg

Life Beauty Plenty Pinnacle Being After Your Fun

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

Me Learning Young Like Exercises Lines Brain Anything Working Keeps

I don't have it in for critics, and I never have. Diana Rigg

Critics Never

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

Life Character People Distinction Step Make Public Public Life Who

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