Vulgarity Is No Substitute For Wit.

He's Lived A Fiction. And, Of Course, He Thinks That If You Love Someone Enough, They Will Love You. And That If You Steer Things Enough, Things Will, Under Your Control, Come Right. And This Is The Fiction Of The Controller: A Controller Thinks That They Can Control Their Life Into Being What They Want It To Be. But Their Life Will Never Be What They Want It To Be Until They Stop Controlling, And That Is Their Journey.

There Are Many Nations That Have Perfected A Particular Room. You Know, You Have The French Drawing-room, The Austrian Ball Room, The German Dining Room, And I Think The Library Is A Room The English Get Right.

What's Difficult For American Audiences Is That They're Used To A System Here Where You Can Get An Actor For Five Years Or Even Seven, And That Is Signed For At The Audition. Whereas In England, No Agent Will Give You An Actor For More Than Three Years.

If You're In The Movie Or In Television, Your Failures Are Very Public, And So Are Your Successes. You Weigh Them Up Against Each Other, Really.

Maggie Smith Has A Unique Sense Of Comedy, Based On A Somewhat Ironic View Of Real Life, Making It Both Funnier And More Sad. But Perhaps Her Greatest Ability, Or At Least The One That Most Intrigues Me, Is How She Can Convey Deep And Powerful Emotion Without A Trace Of Sentimentality.