Maggie Smith

It made it feel impossible, quite honestly, because filming - you film come rain, come shine, come whatever. And it did rain…

— Maggie Smith

When I started acting almost 50 years ago, it wasn't about fame. It was about acting.

— Maggie Smith

I loved Robert Altman, so gentle yet naughty! And Julian Fellowes writes so beautifully.

— Maggie Smith

I had no idea that that was around in the family anywhere. Maybe it never was. But - so they broke the…

— 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…

— Maggie Smith

I fear that I won't work in the theatre again. I'm sad about that. But I won't retire.

— Maggie Smith

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…

— Maggie Smith

I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint.…

— Maggie Smith

I am just surprised to be doing anything at my age actually. When you think of where I am now and where…

— Maggie Smith

I wanted to be a serious actress, but of course that didn't really happen.

— Maggie Smith

People think of you differently if you've been in their homes. They think they own you because they watched you while they…

— Maggie Smith

I feel now like a hinge between generations, which is strange. It just happened recently. I think it's because my daughter is…

— Maggie Smith

“Art is a site of wonder and discovery—or rediscovery. Art is a place where we might learn what we think, not a…

— Maggie Smith

I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.…

— Maggie Smith

A lot of writing about being a mother is not so much writing about the kids themselves. They become placeholders for the…

— Maggie Smith

Alan Rickman was such a terrific actor, and that was such a terrific character that he played. And it was a joy…

— Maggie Smith

Old people are scary. And I have to face it. I am old and I am scary.

— Maggie Smith

My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humor; Shakespeare is not my thing.

— Maggie Smith

I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.

— Maggie Smith

I think he [Leonardo DiCaprio] is a terrific actor. And I've - I've been rooting and voting for him since "Gilbert Grape."…

— Maggie Smith

I think everybody who was in it thought they were all going to be Eartha Kitt or be big stars. That didn't…

— Maggie Smith

It seems to me there is a change in what audiences want to see. I can only hope that's correct, because there's…

— Maggie Smith

The chemotherapy was very peculiar, something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself, a very nasty thing. I used…

— Maggie Smith

Listen, I must be 110 by now. Granny is going to kick the bucket at some point.

— Maggie Smith

I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime lasting till I was at least fifty.

— Maggie Smith