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" Home is wherever I hang my hat. "

Miriam Margolyes

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" Mummy was absolutely the rock in my life. It was not that I didn't love my father; he was such a quiet man, and she was not. She was the most vivid person I have ever known. She was accomplished and brave and fearless. She used to say to me, 'I want you to be able to talk to anyone about anything.' "

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

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

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" My feeling is that the English are naturally anti-Semitic. "

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" It's shameful to admit, but it's been a bit of a lifelong affair, and I do now feel I'm as good as it gets. I'm honourable, kind, friendly, warm, intelligent, generous, and I've got a good sense of humour. "

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

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Getting older is a hideous experience; I'm so glad I only have to do it once. But I've kept my mind, my career, my relationship, and I have enough money - I've been blessed. "

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" The curious thing is that I embraced homosexuality with as much joy and delight as I've embraced everything else in my life. "

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" I'm a silly little needy person sometimes, and I crouch in a room all alone and think of all the people that I wish were with me. "

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" Nobody likes Jews. You can't say people like Jews. We're not popular. We're too smart to be liked. But it has been unacceptable to express anti-Semitism since the Holocaust. "

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" The American actor is much more used to being physically relaxed and using their bodies better, and English actors are a little bit unrelaxed, but they're better at vocal technique. "

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" I think all actors get scared because we're frightened to disappoint. "

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" Anti-Semitism is a rotten thing. It's an ignorant, stupid, horrible thing. As is anti-Muslim feeling. They have to be together. "

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" I'm not a comedian, but I do make people laugh. I'm good at it. "

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" I have a class prejudice - against the upper class, which is foolish. "

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" As long as I am working, I am grateful and happy. "

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

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" I can't recall a bad review - maybe I'm due one. But the worst thing would be if somebody said I was inaudible. Reach your audience's ears - only then can you reach their hearts. "

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" 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. "

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" There's a strong melancholic streak in me. "

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

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" I've never been someone who is cast for having a lovely figure but for whatever qualities I could possibly bring to a role, so I'm still castable. "

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" I love political cartoons from the 19th century, and whenever I complete a piece of acting work that I'm particularly proud of, be it a film or play, I treat myself to a picture by caricaturist James Gillray. "

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

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