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

I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.

- Maggie Smith

Theres a difference between solitude and loneliness

- Maggie Smith

I'd done "Gosford Park," a film that Julian Fellowes had written that Robert Altman directed.

- 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'…

- 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.

- 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.

- Maggie Smith

We can't escape the shadow, so the best thing we can do is notice the light and be open to it.

- Maggie Smith