My father was a doctor, so I thought I was going to be a doctor, too, but I couldn't do maths; I couldn't do science. I was hopeless at chemistry. — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
Mummy was absolutely the rock in my life. It was not that I didn't love my father; he was such a quiet man, and she was not. She was the most vivid person I have ever known. She was accomplished… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
It's very hard to talk about Palestine to Jewish people - they see me as a betrayer. — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
I'm not really a practising Jew but I keep a kosher kitchen just to spite Hitler. — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
People seem comfortable with me. And maybe that's got a lot to do with shows like Graham Norton. You just tell it like it… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
I have a class prejudice - against the upper class, which is foolish. — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
The American actor is much more used to being physically relaxed and using their bodies better, and English actors are a little bit unrelaxed,… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
Israel is stupid for allowing people to vent their anti-Semitism. — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
Life, if you're fat is a minefield--you have to pick your way, otherwise you blow up. — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
I know that a lot of my life is spent thinking about crisps and eating crisps and hating myself for eating crisps. It's just… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
I may have a talent for acting, but I am incapable of doing anything else. — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
It's shameful to admit, but it's been a bit of a lifelong affair, and I do now feel I'm as good as it gets.… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
I'm a silly little needy person sometimes, and I crouch in a room all alone and think of all the people that I wish… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
