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

Miriam Margolyes

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" My father was a doctor, so I thought I was going to be a doctor, too, but I couldn't do maths; I couldn't do science. I was hopeless at chemistry. "

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" I think Britain is a bit class-ridden. People tend to be judged by how rounded their vowels are. "

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" I think I should be described as 'bi' - not bisexual, because I'm not - I'm gay - but 'binational' because I retain British nationality, and I add to it being Australian, which is like having your cake and eating it. "

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

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

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" Communication is something we all take for granted. "

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Take For Granted

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

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

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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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" 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 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" Adelaide's charms are compelling. It's not a huge place; the size is manageable, the traffic absurdly light. "

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" My looks have changed, but I was never beautiful, so I'm not any less beautiful now. "

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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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" 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 don't like 'comedy,' I like 'life,' which has everything in it. "

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" As I get older, people do come up to me just to give me a hug. "

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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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" 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 don't have a very positive attitude towards rappers. "

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Positive Attitude

" 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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" People tend to think I'm funny and fluffy, but I can switch on a sixpence from extreme happiness to utter despair. I'm aware that doesn't make it easy for people sometimes. "

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" I do say things possibly other people don't say. So I shouldn't be too surprised when they are picked up. "

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