113 Quotes by Maggie Smith

There were male colleges, and there were very few female colleges.

I’m so moved to hear Celia Johnson again, so lovely.

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

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.

I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost – it’s there and then it’s gone.

Theres a difference between solitude and loneliness.

The last couple of years have been a write-off, though I’m beginning to feel like a person now. My energy is coming back.

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

I just did adore Daniel – Daniel Radcliffe, who I had worked with before “Harry Potter” and spent a long time telling all the producers they had to see him because I thought he was so terrific. And it’s been sad thinking about it because of Alan Rickman.