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Maggie Smith
British
Actress
About the author
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,
British
Actress
#Nothing
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,
British
Actress
#Ladies
#Fools
#Elderly
I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
Maggie Smith,
British
Actress
#Performance
#Theatre
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,
British
Actress
#Saying
#First
The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
Maggie Smith,
British
Actress
People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.
Maggie Smith,
British
Actress
#People
Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
Maggie Smith,
British
Actress