The drama school was in Oxford - and it's funny to think of it, but in those days when I started out the University was nearly all male. And they certainly weren't mixed.
Maggie SmithI like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
Maggie SmithI 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 SmithMy career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing.
Maggie Smith