When I started acting almost 50 years ago…– Maggie Smith
When I started acting almost 50 years ago, it wasn’t about fame. It was about acting.
I tend to head for what’s amusing because a lot of …– 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.
It’s true I don’t tolerate fools but then they …– 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.
There’s this wonderful first assistant and he’ll …– 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.
The chemotherapy was very peculiar…– 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?
I have many good friends…– Maggie Smith
I have many good friends, but I tend to keep to myself anyway. It’s odd, doing things and having no one to share them with.
The thing is, often press people ask questions …– Maggie Smith
The thing is, often press people ask questions that are so personal that even your nearest and dearest wouldn’t ask them.