Diana Rigg : (5) " You have to have the same power to lead the life you want as a man does, and that means earning the same amount of money. We still have a battle on our hands with that. " - Diana Rigg " Do you know, I have no idea how I got ‘The Avengers’? I’d left the Royal Shakespeare Company, and I was one of a long list of girls, and got it on my audition. " - Diana Rigg " In the old days, a star was someone up there – you know, Greta Garbo – but a telly star was somebody you could approach. " - Diana Rigg " I cry all the time. Remembrance Day in particular. In fact, anything to do with veterans makes me sob. " - Diana Rigg " 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. " - Diana Rigg