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" Although my parents both liked her, they just didn't approve of a same-sex relationship. Nowadays, people say that you must let children be what they are, but when I was growing up, the parents defined the child - and my parents had a definite vision of how they wanted me to be. "

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" I know that a lot of my life is spent thinking about crisps and eating crisps and hating myself for eating crisps. It's just not worth it. Or it wouldn't be if crisps weren't so delicious. "

Miriam Margolyes

Know

Thinking

Life

" Being in Australia makes me happy. My partner is Australian, and my home is in Australia, and it's ridiculous not to be Australian - it's a logical step to take. "

Miriam Margolyes

Happy

Step

" I've always felt that Donald Trump was a Dickensian character because he is so ridiculous. With his hair and his arrogance, he is certainly Dickensian in his absurdity. "

Miriam Margolyes

Arrogance

Character

" I wish I had a million in the bank. I like round figures. I am a round figure. "

Miriam Margolyes

Wish

Round

" I don't for a second regret my closeness to them because they were wonderful, golden parents who gave me so much confidence. "

Miriam Margolyes

Regret

Parents

" The first piece of property that I bought was in Tuscany in 1973. "

" I want a comfortable old age and to be looked after - I have arthritis - and money is a factor. "

" I was terribly upset not to be in 'Dickensian,' so I pretend to look down on it. The part I should have played, Mrs. Gamp, is done brilliantly by Pauline Collins, but I entered this world for no other reason than to play that part. "

" I still miss my parents every day; I adored them. And when you have no children, friends are even more important to you. "

" I do say things possibly other people don't say. So I shouldn't be too surprised when they are picked up. "

" While researching my ancestry I have unearthed many skeletons. It would seem that I come from a long line of ne'er-do-wells, especially on my mother's side. "

" I don't care what I look like. I must be comfortable. Some of my friends have plastic surgery and Botox, but I'm not interested in it. "

" As I get older, people do come up to me just to give me a hug. "

" I don't like religion. "

Miriam Margolyes

Religion

" I think I should be described as 'bi' - not bisexual, because I'm not - I'm gay - but 'binational' because I retain British nationality, and I add to it being Australian, which is like having your cake and eating it. "

Miriam Margolyes

Eating

Gay

" With television, attention spans have been shortened. It's something we have to fight against: the dumbing down of the audience. To be part of an audience is a privilege. To be with the people on stage, to let them reach you. If you're doing a million other things, they won't reach you. "

" My father was a doctor, so I thought I was going to be a doctor, too, but I couldn't do maths; I couldn't do science. I was hopeless at chemistry. "

" Old people have a much better time in India because they're respected. "

" I support children's charities; I just don't want them around me. It's not very admirable, but it's the truth. "

Miriam Margolyes

Truth

Just

" Everything's harder for women: harder to start, to stay employed, to run a life with a family. "

" The main fear about growing old as an actor is not losing the looks. I never had any to speak of, and what I had I've still got, but losing the memory is another matter. "

" I believe Jews are compassionate people because of what we've suffered. We must not put that suffering onto others. "

" Glenda Jackson called me an amateur in 1976 when we were in a play, 'The White Devil.' I've never forgiven her. "

Miriam Margolyes

Never

Devil

" What most infuriates me is the cell phones. If I see someone texting during the show, I walk off the stage. "

" It would be absurd to say I'm not British - you can hear it when I speak. "

" I've been fat my whole life and pretended I don't mind. But I do mind. It's really stupid that I've gone on being greedy and fat. "

" From my earliest days, reading was my passion, and at Cambridge, where I studied English literature, my intellectual life deepened and grew. "

" Israel is stupid for allowing people to vent their anti-Semitism. "

" I don't like 'comedy,' I like 'life,' which has everything in it. "

" Where I think the American actor is slightly at a disadvantage is in vocal technique. I don't think that words are their friend in the same way that English actors are used to using words: understanding about consonance and how to shade a vowel to show emotional color. "