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"Joanna Lumley has revealed that she is interested in future Absolutely Fabulous projects. The actress - who played the iconic role of Patsy Stone in the BBC comedy created by Jennifer Saunders - was asked whether she would be involved in a possible musical version.  &amp;quot;A musical? She&amp;#039;s [Saunders] made it a musical now? The last time it was a film, but it&amp;#039;s a musical film probably.&amp;quot; She joked: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m obviously up for that. I&amp;#039;m obviously a very good singer.&amp;quot; When asked who she would pick to play Patsy if she was not involved, she replied: &amp;quot;Nobody&amp;#039;s going to play Patsy when I&amp;#039;m alive! I do mean that, I do mean that darling, because it could get savage. &amp;quot;A musical? Nothing. I&amp;#039;ll learn it, I&amp;#039;ll learn it. I&amp;#039;ll learn to sing and dance. Don&amp;#039;t throw me out.&amp;quot;  Joanna Lumley was speaking backstage at last night&amp;#039;s National Television Awards, where she was handed the Special Recognition prize for her illustrious career. When asked if there was anyone she would like to work with, she said: &amp;quot;What all actors look for are good scripts, first of all, because you can&amp;#039;t work without good scripts. Good actors to work with, good directors to work with, and all the rest will fall in line. So there isn&amp;#039;t a part yet. &amp;quot;One of my great dreams was to work with Mark Rylance and I&amp;#039;ve done that, in this country but also on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony - she said modestly. Why did I have to say that? Because I&amp;#039;m an actor and I&amp;#039;m a vain beast! So parts of your dream do come true as you go along. When I was 18 I longed to be old and I couldn&amp;#039;t think why but now I know.&amp;quot;   Lumley also spoke about her secrets of looking good, saying: &amp;quot;Lashings of make-up. As good lighting as you can ever get, which sometimes isn&amp;#039;t good. Smile because as you get older you look grimmer. &amp;quot;I look like a hatchet when I&amp;#039;m not smiling so I try to smile to people. And don&amp;#039;t worry too much, don&amp;#039;t worry too much - have a glass of champagne.&amp;quot; Finally, when asked what she would tell her 18-year-old self, she said: &amp;quot;What I was told as an 18-year-old - don&amp;#039;t give up. Never give up. When it looks very dark, when the car&amp;#039;s skidding into a corner, don&amp;#039;t give up. Keep on trying, keep on and on trying. Never give up.&amp;quot; Last year, Joanna Lumley said that she would be interested in an Absolutely Fabulous movie. Photo gallery - National Television Awards winners 2013:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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