Alan Rickman was such a terrific actor, and that was such a terrific character that he played. And it was a joy to be with him. We used to laugh together because we ran out of reaction shots. They were always - when everything had been done and the children were finished, they would turn the camera around and we'd have to do various reaction shots of amazement or sadness and things. We used to say we'd got to about number 200-and-something and we'd run out of knowing what to do when the camera came around on us. But he was a joy.
I'm not my mother. And so I'm not raising my kids in the same way. I don't respond in the same way. We don't spend our days in the same way because I… - Maggie Smith
I'm not my mother. And so I'm not raising my kids in the same way. I don't respond in the same way. We don't spend our days in the same way because I…
- Maggie Smith
Don't be defeatist, dear, it's very middle class. - Maggie Smith
Don't be defeatist, dear, it's very middle class.
I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone. - Maggie Smith
I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
Theres a difference between solitude and loneliness - Maggie Smith
Theres a difference between solitude and loneliness
A lot of writing about being a mother is not so much writing about the kids themselves. They become placeholders for the shift that happens when you'… - Maggie Smith
A lot of writing about being a mother is not so much writing about the kids themselves. They become placeholders for the shift that happens when you'…
I'd done "Gosford Park," a film that Julian Fellowes had written that Robert Altman directed. - Maggie Smith
I'd done "Gosford Park," a film that Julian Fellowes had written that Robert Altman directed.
There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience, and when it's there it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that. - Maggie Smith
There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience, and when it's there it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that.
I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything. - Maggie Smith
I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything.
The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage. - Maggie Smith
The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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