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.

- Maggie Smith

Theres a difference between solitude and loneliness

- 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

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

- 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

The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.

- Maggie Smith