Miriam Margolyes

I cannot accept violence.

— Miriam Margolyes

Home is wherever I hang my hat.

— Miriam Margolyes

My home in Adelaide was the Adina Hotel.

— Miriam Margolyes

There's a strong melancholic streak in me.

— Miriam Margolyes

It's really hard being old - it's horrible.

— Miriam Margolyes

I really have fallen in love with myself.

— Miriam Margolyes

I don't like religion.

— Miriam Margolyes

I don't like class distinction, and there is far too much of that in England.

— Miriam Margolyes

I want to explore the range of emotions it is possible to feel.

— Miriam Margolyes

Israel is stupid for allowing people to vent their anti-Semitism.

— Miriam Margolyes

As I get older, people do come up to me just to give me a hug.

— Miriam Margolyes

I should have got thin, but I eat too much. I hate the word 'moderation.'

— Miriam Margolyes

I know that I will go to my grave as Professor Sprout, whatever else I’ve done.

— Miriam Margolyes

I'm not really a practising Jew but I keep a kosher kitchen just to spite Hitler.

— Miriam Margolyes

Old people have a much better time in India because they're respected.

— Miriam Margolyes

I'd have thought my particular brand of quirkiness, combined with sharp intelligence and a fine voice, would have yielded more. But it…

— Miriam Margolyes

I want a comfortable old age and to be looked after - I have arthritis - and money is a factor.

— Miriam Margolyes

People tend to think I'm funny and fluffy, but I can switch on a sixpence from extreme happiness to utter despair. I'm…

— Miriam Margolyes

The curious thing is that I embraced homosexuality with as much joy and delight as I've embraced everything else in my life.

— Miriam Margolyes

I have no secrets. I decided very early on in life that the strongest position was to be completely open.

— Miriam Margolyes

My mother died of a stroke in 1974, and for a long time, I blamed myself. She was utterly devastated when I…

— Miriam Margolyes

I'm a silly little needy person sometimes, and I crouch in a room all alone and think of all the people that…

— Miriam Margolyes

I think life is sweeter shared; and if anything were to happen to my partner, I would find it really hard without…

— Miriam Margolyes

Although my parents both liked her, they just didn't approve of a same-sex relationship. Nowadays, people say that you must let children…

— Miriam Margolyes

I refused to be filmed getting off a bus twice. The director said, 'I'm an award-winning director. Please do it', and I…

— Miriam Margolyes

In terms of my development as an artist, playing Professor Sprout wasn't all that important because she is well within my capabilities…

— Miriam Margolyes

I love political cartoons from the 19th century, and whenever I complete a piece of acting work that I'm particularly proud of,…

— Miriam Margolyes

I have to keep working because, although I have land, I'm not cash rich and don't have the wealth of high-profile actresses…

— Miriam Margolyes

I am not the sort of person who divests myself of everything that came before I came to Australia. I want to…

— Miriam Margolyes

Where I think the American actor is slightly at a disadvantage is in vocal technique. I don't think that words are their…

— Miriam Margolyes

The American actor is much more used to being physically relaxed and using their bodies better, and English actors are a little…

— Miriam Margolyes

I've burnt my boats, and there they are - smouldering in public view.

— Miriam Margolyes

I don't have a very positive attitude towards rappers.

— Miriam Margolyes

I have a class prejudice - against the upper class, which is foolish.

— Miriam Margolyes

I may have a talent for acting, but I am incapable of doing anything else.

— Miriam Margolyes

My vocabulary is vast and expert, and I don't think I overuse any word.

— Miriam Margolyes

My looks have changed, but I was never beautiful, so I'm not any less beautiful now.

— Miriam Margolyes

If I could give my younger self one piece of advice, I would say, 'Lose weight.'

— Miriam Margolyes

The first piece of property that I bought was in Tuscany in 1973.

— Miriam Margolyes

It would be absurd to say I'm not British - you can hear it when I speak.

— Miriam Margolyes