I'm just glad to get any role... the fact that they're all 90 is neither here nor there! Actually, it was Hook that started it. I think it was Peggy Ashcroft who couldn't do the part and somebody was asked… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If someone is going to talk about the process of making a film, it should be the director. — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
Try not to cry too much because it can be pretty heart-breaking and pretty hard. — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
Sort of what you do in drama school when asked to play something way out of your reach. Anyway, we used to laugh a… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course. — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the crème de la crème.… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
The drama school was in Oxford - and it's funny to think of it, but in those days when I started out the University… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
“Life is short, though I keep this from my children. Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways, a… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
