Miriam Margolyes

It's very hard to talk about Palestine to Jewish people - they see me as a betrayer.

— Miriam Margolyes

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

— Miriam Margolyes

I don't understand why gay people are so anxious to get married.

— Miriam Margolyes

People seem comfortable with me. And maybe that's got a lot to do with shows like Graham Norton. You just tell it…

— Miriam Margolyes

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

— 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

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

— Miriam Margolyes

Life, if you're fat is a minefield--you have to pick your way, otherwise you blow up.

— Miriam Margolyes

I know that a lot of my life is spent thinking about crisps and eating crisps and hating myself for eating crisps.…

— Miriam Margolyes

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

— Miriam Margolyes

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…

— 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 support children's charities; I just don't want them around me. It's not very admirable, but it's the truth.

— Miriam Margolyes

My feeling is that the English are naturally anti-Semitic.

— Miriam Margolyes

I don't care what I look like. I must be comfortable. Some of my friends have plastic surgery and Botox, but I'm…

— Miriam Margolyes

Nobody likes Jews. You can't say people like Jews. We're not popular. We're too smart to be liked. But it has been…

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

— Miriam Margolyes

I want people to be open to the idea of sitting down and reading a Dickens book. They will also have a…

— Miriam Margolyes

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

— Miriam Margolyes

I do say things possibly other people don't say. So I shouldn't be too surprised when they are picked up.

— Miriam Margolyes

I think I should be described as 'bi' - not bisexual, because I'm not - I'm gay - but 'binational' because I…

— Miriam Margolyes

I still miss my parents every day; I adored them. And when you have no children, friends are even more important to…

— Miriam Margolyes

I've been fat my whole life and pretended I don't mind. But I do mind. It's really stupid that I've gone on…

— 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