Honor Blackman

“I'm the slowest reader in the world, because I perform it all in my head.”

“No More Avengers! There's nothing new to get out of it - I want to go forward, not backward.”

“Female television viewers paid attention to Catherine Gale.”

“I've travelled around the UK a lot recently and have discovered that I really like trains. If you're in the quiet carriage, nobody can get hold of you and you can relax.”

“My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved.”

“South Africa is the most beautiful country I have been to. Canada is also hugely underrated.”

“I hate everything about airports from getting there to taking off.”

“Apart from anything else, I find boots are too hot except in wintry weather. At home I usually wear a sweater, shirt and slacks.”

“There have been plenty of very bare hotels with couples humping next door. I don't stay in very grand hotels.”

“I'm very fond of Norfolk. My husband came from there and the kids love it. Devon is beautiful, too.”

“In fact, I'll be taking a lot of Cathy Gale with me. I expect that was why I was chosen for the part.”

“Really, in a way, I took over the male role.”

“I'm told leather drives men up the wall. I like wearing it because it because it feels nice.”