Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I'm just glad to get any role... the fact that they're all 90 is neither here nor there! Actually, it was Hook that started it. I think it was Peggy Ashcroft who couldn't do the part and somebody was asked how old was I and would I be able to do the part, and the person replied "92" very quickly. And so I've been stuck ever since! But I'm actually very grateful.

Maggie Smith's Popular Quotes

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.

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Theres a difference between solitude and loneliness

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

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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'…

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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.

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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