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Maggie Smith Quotes

Maggie Smith quotes

British Actress December 28, 1934

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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
I had been feeling a little rum. I didn't think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and it was benign. I assumed this would be too. It kind of takes the wind out of your sails, and I don't know what the future holds, if anything. Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith quote: "The last couple of years have been a write-off, though I'm..."
The last couple of years have been a write-off, though I'm beginning to feel like a person now. My energy is coming back. Maggie Smith
It's true I don't tolerate fools but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies. Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith quote: "There's a difference between solitude and loneliness."
There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. 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 said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him. Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith quote: "I like being outside and working with the elements. The..."
I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it. Maggie Smith
The chemotherapy was very peculiar, something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself, a very nasty thing. I used to go to treatment on my own, and nearly everybody else was with somebody. I wouldn't have liked that. Why would you want to make anybody sit in those places? Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith quote: "Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes."
Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes. Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith quote: "I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime..."
I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime lasting till I was at least fifty. Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith quote: "People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets..."
People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all. Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith quote: "My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in..."
My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing. Maggie Smith
There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk. Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith quote: "The performances you have in your head are always much better..."
The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage. Maggie Smith

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