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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 You have to laugh (2004)

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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.

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I wanted to be a serious actress, but of course that didn't really happen. I did Desdemona [at the National, opposite Olivier] with great discomfort and was terrified all the time. But then everyone was terrified of Larry.

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