I wanted to be a serious actress, but of course that didn't really happen. Maggie Smith More Quotes by Maggie Smith More Quotes From Maggie Smith I feel now like a hinge between generations, which is strange. It just happened recently. I think it's because my daughter is so much like me at her age. I feel like I'm reliving my own mother's experience of raising me. Maggie Smith daughteragethinking My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing. Maggie Smith pigeonscareersthinking Sort of what you do in drama school when asked to play something way out of your reach. Anyway, we used to laugh a lot about that. I used to say I'm not going to act old, Penelope. I'll just be myself. Maggie Smith playdramaschool I find it very difficult to do anything on my own now because people recognize me. This has never happened to me before because I haven't really done television before. But I suppose if you're in people's rooms all the time, I don't know - I was thinking the other night with people like DiCaprio and, you know, those big stars and Cate Blanchett, and you just think how did they exist? It's so difficult. And I think now it's very intrusive because of these cellphones, you know, with cameras. Maggie Smith starsnightthinking I had no idea that that was around in the family anywhere. Maybe it never was. But - so they broke the way for me, if you know what I mean. I have no idea where I got the idea from to do what I do. But I think they - Ian and Alistair, my brothers kind of opened a lot of doors for me onto the world - you know, made it seem to be a very, very interesting place. Maggie Smith brothermeanthinking Try not to cry too much because it can be pretty heart-breaking and pretty hard. Maggie Smith too-muchhearttrying I think he [Leonardo DiCaprio] is a terrific actor. And I've - I've been rooting and voting for him since "Gilbert Grape." I thought he was so amazing in that one. He was a young man, really very young boy. Maggie Smith menboysthinking I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it. Maggie Smith maggieaspectelements People think of you differently if you've been in their homes. They think they own you because they watched you while they were eating dinner, or they can turn you up or down, or even freeze you. Maggie Smith homepeoplethinking There were male colleges, and there were very few female colleges. Maggie Smith malesfemalecollege I had a very good English teacher who said to me that she thought I ought to do it. She - I don't know, she saw something thank goodness because I think if it hadn't been encouraged by somebody that serious, I'm not sure what would've happened to me. Maggie Smith sawsteacherthinking The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage. Maggie Smith maggiestageperformances There are responsibilities which are parental responsibilities and those are the types of things we prepare the next generation for, but no one tells you how to answer the kids' questions in the backseat of the car when they want to know what the world is for or where they came from or why any of this is happening. Maggie Smith carresponsibilityworld My kids are really learning everything from scratch. It's our job to be their tour guides and camp counselors and orientation people. That's a weird responsibility, especially in a world that feels as good as it feels bad. Maggie Smith responsibilitykidspeople Which is strange - I've always thought of myself as someone who writes out of difficulty. And I did do that, but I came out on the side of light more often than not. Maggie Smith difficultystrangewriting A lot of writing about being a mother is not so much writing about the kids themselves. They become placeholders for the shift that happens when you're suddenly in charge of other people. Maggie Smith motherwritingkids It's easy to get bogged down in bad news. Maggie Smith easy I'm not my mother. And so I'm not raising my kids in the same way. I don't respond in the same way. We don't spend our days in the same way because I don't necessarily enjoy the same things she likes to do. Maggie Smith enjoymotherkids If someone is going to talk about the process of making a film, it should be the director. Maggie Smith film Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more. Maggie Smith upsettobymotherhood
