Maggie Smith movie quotes

“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.”
Maggie Smith - Violet Crawley

“- Isobel Merton: Oh Violet. After all these years you still astonish me.
- Violet Crawley: Oh good, I'm glad I'm a revelation and not a disappointment.”
Penelope Wilton - Isobel Merton
Maggie Smith - Violet Crawley

“- Violet Crawley: Will you have enough clichés to get you through the visit?
- Isobel Merton: If not, I'll come to you.”
Maggie Smith - Violet Crawley
Penelope Wilton - Isobel Merton

“- Violet Crawley: Machiavelli is frequently underrated. He had many qualities.
- Isobel Merton: So did Caligula - not all of them charming.”
Maggie Smith - Violet Crawley
Penelope Wilton - Isobel Merton

“- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: Let's not argue.
- Violet Crawley: I never argue, I explain.”
Hugh Bonneville - Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
Maggie Smith - Violet Crawley

“- Constance: Could you imagine someone being hanged because of something I said?
- Mary Maceachran: I know. And what purpose could it possibly serve?”
Maggie Smith - Constance Trentham
Kelly Macdonald - Mary Maceachran

“I've no time for sorry. Sorry is for God.”
Maggie Smith - Miss Shepherd

“We all have our little foibles, and mine is the prompt settling of accounts.”
Maggie Smith - Charlotte Bartlett, a Chaperon

“Flowers? What do I want with flowers? They... They only die. I've got enough on my plate without flowers.”

Maggie Smith - Miss Shepherd

“I came with low expectations and I was disappointed.”
Maggie Smith - Muriel Donnelly

“- Sonny: What should I do?
- Mrs. Donnelly: That’s for you to decide.
- Sonny: Why won’t you tell me?
- Mrs. Donnelly: So you’ll know what to do after I’m gone.”
Dev Patel - Sonny Kapoor
Maggie Smith - Muriel Donnelly

“- Evelyn Greenslade: How was America?
- Muriel Donnelly: It made death more tempting.”
Dame Judi Dench - Evelyn Greenslade
Maggie Smith - Muriel Donnelly

“Don't try and control it. Let go. That's when the fun starts.”
Maggie Smith - Muriel Donnelly

“- 'Teensy' Melissa Whitman: I can't tell if that's a scar or a wrinkle.
- Caro Eliza Bennett: Yeah, that's a wrinkle pal. There's some scars behind your ears though.
- 'Teensy' Melissa Whitman: Shut up.”
Fionnula Flanagan - Teensy' Melissa Whitman
Maggie Smith - Caro Eliza Bennett

“There's a long list of things I don't care for: doctors, sunburn, mosquitoes, people who outstay their welcome... I could go on forever. But there is one thing I cannot bear, and that's self-pity. It destroys everything around it. Now don't be that idiot. Don't let that happen.”
Maggie Smith - Muriel Donnelly

“The time to make up your mind about people is never.”
Maggie Smith - Constance Trentham

“- Evelyn Greenslade: I don't know why I tell you anything.
- Muriel Donnelly: Because I'm older and wiser.
- Evelyn Greenslade: Nineteen days older.
- Muriel Donnelly: That's the entire lifespan of a wasp.”
Dame Judi Dench - Evelyn Greenslade
Maggie Smith - Muriel Donnelly

“- Market Trader: Isn't it an especially lovely day sweetheart?
- Miss Shepherd: Don't sweetheart me! I'm a sick woman. Dying possibly!
- Market Trader: Chin up love. We all got to go sometime ... [under his breath] Smells like you already have.”
James Corden - Market Trader
Maggie Smith - Miss Shepherd

“Playing came easier than praying.”
Maggie Smith - Miss Shepherd

“- Diana Barrie: Don't close your eyes, Sidney.
- Sidney Cochran: I always close my eyes.
- Diana Barrie: Not tonight. Look at me tonight. Let it be me tonight.”

Maggie Smith - Diana Barrie
Sir Michael Caine - Sidney Cochran

“- Miss Shepherd: I don't need insuring. It's like the van, I'm insured in heaven.
- Alan Bennett: So, who pays if you have an accident, the Pope?”
Maggie Smith - Miss Shepherd
Alex Jennings - Alan Bennett

“- Miss Shepherd: Mr Bennett. These young men who leave in the small hours... I know who they are.
- Alan Bennett: [under his breath] Oh, Jesus.
- Miss Shepherd: They're Communists!”
Maggie Smith - Miss Shepherd
Alex Jennings - Alan Bennett

“- Rufus: Sorry, you can't park here.
- Miss Shepherd: No, I've had guidance. This is where it should go.
- Rufus: Guidance? Who from?
- Miss Shepherd: The Virgin Mary. I spoke to her yesterday. She was outside the post office.
- Rufus: What does she know about parking?”
Roger Allam - Rufus
Maggie Smith - Miss Shepherd

“Just because I'm looking at you when you talk, don't think I'm listening - or even interested.”
Maggie Smith - Muriel Donnelly

“- Mary Maceachran: She's gone.
- Constance: Aw, it's a pity, really. I thought it was a good idea to have someone in the house who is actually sorry he's dead.”

Kelly Macdonald - Mary Maceachran
Maggie Smith - Constance Trentham