Maggie Smith Quotes & Sayings

“I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.”

“There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience, and when it's there it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that.”

“There's a difference between solitude and loneliness.”

“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.”

“People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.”

“The chemotherapy was very peculiar, something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself, a very nasty thing. I used to go to treatment on my own, and nearly everybody else was with somebody. I wouldn't have liked that. Why would you want to make anybody sit in those places?”

“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.”

“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.”

“When you get into the granny era, you're lucky to get anything.”