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Maggie Smith
British
Actress
Born:
Dec 28
,
1934
About
Me
People
Think
You
Your
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I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
Maggie Smith
Theatre
Gone
Every
Ghost
About
Performance
Like
Ephemeral
Then
There And Then
Thing
Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.
Maggie Smith
Speak
Mind
Shakes
Voice
Your
Even
I loved Robert Altman, so gentle yet naughty! And Julian Fellowes writes so beautifully.
Maggie Smith
Naughty
Writes
Robert
Beautifully
Gentle
Loved
People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.
Maggie Smith
People
Better
Say
People Say
Gets
Just
Different
I had been feeling a little rum. I didn't think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and it was benign. I assumed this would be too. It kind of takes the wind out of your sails, and I don't know what the future holds, if anything.
Maggie Smith
Future
Wind
Feeling
Think
Assumed
Too
Benign
Rum
Out
Kind
Would
Would-Be
Had
Takes
Know
Because
Felt
Sails
Been
Years
Years Ago
Anything
Holds
Little
Your
Serious
Lump
My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing.
Maggie Smith
Think
Humour
Shakespeare
Pigeon-Holed
Got
Then
Thing
Career
I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything.
Maggie Smith
Funny
You
Happy
Side
Find
Tend
Head
Practically
Because
Lot
Anything
Things
Amusing
Listen, I must be 110 by now. Granny is going to kick the bucket at some point.
Maggie Smith
Kick
Must
Some
Point
Bucket
Going
Listen
Granny
Now
Old people are scary. And I have to face it. I am old and I am scary.
Maggie Smith
People
Old
Face
Scary
Am
Old People
There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk.
Maggie Smith
Saying
You
Together
Yourself
Wonderful
First
Lose
Down
Harry
Sunk
He
Because
Goes
Hold
Then
Now
Among
Second
Assistant
Dragons
I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.
Maggie Smith
Physicality
Outside
Like
Being
Working
Aspects
Elemental
Elements
Some people say you have to fight cancer. But it was fighting me. The cure was worse than the disease, and it left me totally exhausted and depressed. I just hid myself away in my daughter-in-law's flat.
Maggie Smith
Myself
Me
You
Fight
People
Cancer
Some People
Exhausted
Fighting
Worse
Say
Hid
People Say
Some
Totally
Left
Cure
Than
Disease
Just
Flat
Depressed
Away
If you're lucky, I think you know what you want to do with your life. I think that's a greater gift that any of the gifts you might have when you do know, if you know what I mean. It must be awful to not know what to do.
Maggie Smith
Life
You
Gift
Think
Gifts
Must
Know
Greater
Any
Want
Mean
Might
Your
Lucky
Awful
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
Nervous
Think
Some
Know
Course
Lots
Very
Them
Who
Actor
Shy
I do love comedy, and when it's a comedy moment and you can make people laugh, of course it is wonderful.
Maggie Smith
Love
You
People
Wonderful
Comedy
Laugh
Make
Course
Moment
I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.
Maggie Smith
Beautiful
Great
You
Burden
Old
Stars
Think
Once
Those
More
Take
Parts
Always
Hint
Been
Forever
Than
Done
Quite
Often
Fantastic
Then
Hard
Play
Playing
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