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" I should have got thin, but I eat too much. I hate the word 'moderation.' "

Miriam Margolyes

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" I refused to be filmed getting off a bus twice. The director said, 'I'm an award-winning director. Please do it', and I said, 'I never thought I'd say this, but I'm an award-winning actress with a bad leg, and if your film depends on seeing me get in and out of a bus, we're in trouble.' "

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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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" 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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" 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. "

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" I very much regret that I haven't been taken more seriously. I would love to have been at the National or the RSC. "

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