Maggie Smith Maggie Quotations

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.

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

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.

I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.

Don't be defeatist, dear, it's very middle class.