Sort of what you do in drama school when asked to play something way out of your reach. Anyway, we used to laugh a lot about that. I used to say I'm not going to act old, Penelope. I'll just be myself.
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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