Maggie Smith Quotes

"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
(Related: Elderly, Fools, Ladies)

"I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone."
- Maggie Smith
(Related: Performance, Theatre)

"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
(Related: First, Saying)

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

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

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