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My kids are really learning everything from scratch. It's our job to be their tour guides and camp counselors and orientation people. That's a weird responsibility, especially in a world that feels as good as it feels bad.
Maggie Smith
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Maggie Smith
Age: 89
Born: 1934
Born: December 28
Actress
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Ilford
London
Dame Maggie Smith
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith
Margaret Natalie Smith
Dame Maggie Natalie Smith
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I'm far, far, far from that. But of course, that's one of the joys of acting is that you can move up in the world, even if - you know, in the characters that you're playing, even if you don't.
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I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime lasting till I was at least fifty.
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