Patrick Macnee Men Quotations

It was male chauvinism, as you must realize, in the 1960s, particularly in the entertainment business, which was pretty repulsive.

I'm not surprised 'The Avengers' has such enduring popularity, because it was a groundbreaking series that changed television. It was the first show that put its leading man and leading lady on an equal footing and showed a woman fighting and kicking and throwing men around. That was a radical departure in its time.

Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.

And there was a very famous man called Michael Powell, who probably is the greatest director all round, except possibly a couple of men.

I'd grown up with a lot of women. My mother was a famous lesbian in the '20s and '30s, and I grew up with only women, so I was used to getting on with them.