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

Miriam Margolyes

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

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" I used to get into bed with my mother every morning, almost until she died, and talk about everything. She was my closest confidante always. I had no secrets from her. "

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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 don't think people realise how important it is to have your blood pressure checked. Stroke is so sudden, so catastrophic. "

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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. "

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" It's very hard to talk about Palestine to Jewish people - they see me as a betrayer. "

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

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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 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. "

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

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

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" I wouldn't consider retiring to India: there are too many people, and it's difficult walking along the pavements. I'd love to spend two or three months a year there. "

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" I have no secrets. I decided very early on in life that the strongest position was to be completely open. "

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

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

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

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" People who were gay were pitied and ridiculed by my parents - they had no modern sense of people being allowed to be who they were. "

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" It's really hard being old - it's horrible. "

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" One of the worst things about ageing is the waning of your physical powers. I live in a house with 64 stairs, and I cannot run up and down them any more; my knee has conked out. "

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" Unfortunately, I don't know many black people. "

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

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

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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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