[on becoming only the second woman to be inducted into the Australian Television Hall of Fame in 2016] The fact that I'm only the second woman to be given this honour is merely a reflection of the prevailing guard - as is the suggestion from some quarters that the eligibility of esteemed colleagues Waleed Aly and Lee Lin Chin going for gold is questionable. The great thing about glaciers is if you're not on them you go under. I've been riding that glacier for 40 years. And I'm staying on top of it.

[on working on the children's television show, Play School (1966)] I started to see a world through the preschoolers eyes to see how free and unafraid they are to just be. They haven't yet been conditioned. No child is born a bigot.

[on early acting advice from her parents] My mum said you can always tell a lousy act they use lots of tricky lighting. The good ones just stood in a spotlight and did it. They made me understand that the industry did not owe me a living.

[criticising Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull following his comments that Australians should not get 'misty eyed' over refugees] I often get misty eyed about things ... if something touches my heart I cry readily.

Change only happens when enough people put up their hands and say 'we've had enough. I look forward to the day where it's not an issue whether a man or a woman, or an Asian person or a Muslim gets anything in this country.We share more similarities than differences and I think I'm really keen to promote that idea because I think any other idea is divisive and potentially disastrous.

[Following Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull's comments that Australians should not get 'misty eyed' over Manus Island refugees]I was disturbed ... that a misty eyed response to a particularly frightful human story in the news was deemed inappropriate.