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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. "

Miriam Margolyes

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" That's one reason India is an attractive proposition for retiring. Servants are much more reasonable than in England. It's not exploitation so long as you pay a proper salary. "

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" Confidence was the backbone of my upbringing. I was an only child, so I was spoilt, loved, and given an enormous amount of confidence by my parents. "

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

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" I cannot accept violence. "

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

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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 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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" I think life is sweeter shared; and if anything were to happen to my partner, I would find it really hard without her because she's the perfect person for my life. "

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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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" People seem comfortable with me. And maybe that's got a lot to do with shows like Graham Norton. You just tell it like it is on those programs. "

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" 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. "

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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 have to keep working because, although I have land, I'm not cash rich and don't have the wealth of high-profile actresses - don't say I'm an 'actor.' That's a bit too modern. "

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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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" 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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" 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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