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" I may have a talent for acting, but I am incapable of doing anything else. "

Miriam Margolyes

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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 want people to be open to the idea of sitting down and reading a Dickens book. They will also have a great time. "

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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 vocabulary is vast and expert, and I don't think I overuse any word. "

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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'm going to be 75 in May. How can I have lived this long and not know anything? "

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" I don't understand why gay people are so anxious to get married. "

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" I had a very good kiss from Bob Monkhouse once. I thought, 'If I was straight, I would go for Bob.' "

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

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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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" I was waiting for a train at Waverley Station in Edinburgh. My knee was hurting, so I asked a young man for his seat. He replied, 'There's one over there'. I said, 'Please', and when he refused I poured my water over him. "

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

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" Sydney has taken my money, Melbourne has my respect, but Adelaide has taken my heart; I shall return. "

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" I want to explore the range of emotions it is possible to feel. "

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" It's so important that people know there was a time before the NHS. It makes them appreciate it more. "

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

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" My home in Adelaide was the Adina Hotel. "

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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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" My partner of 45 years is Australian, and a big part of her character is that marvellous quality of irony which Aussies possess. I relish their humour and sense of fairness. "

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" I am stopped in the street by kids and Harry Potter fans all the time. "

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

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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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