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“I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.”
Maggie Smith
“I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. I was rather hopeless, I suspect.”
“I remember when he was diagnosed as hyper-manic asking what it meant and the doctor saying violent moods swings and indiscriminate sexual activity. And I thought 'that about covers it really'.”
“The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.”
“I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him.”
“There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk.”
“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.”
“I think I was just very odd.”
“It's a constant battle. We're constantly fighting it from both ends.”
“The store is Kathryn. Bright, fun and beautiful.”