All quotations and phrases said by Maggie Smith including famous quotes

Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
-- Maggie Smith

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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

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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 him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him.
-- Maggie Smith

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It's true I don't tolerate fools but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies.
-- Maggie Smith

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People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.
-- Maggie Smith

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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
-- Maggie Smith

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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

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