Maggie Smith movie quotes

- Charlotte Bartlett: This is not at all what we were led to expect.
- Lucy Honeychurch: I thought we were going to see the Arno.
- Charlotte Bartlett: The signora distinctly wrote "South rooms, with a view and close together", instead of which she has given us North rooms without a view and a long way apart.
Maggie Smith - Charlotte Bartlett, a Chaperon
Helena Bonham Carter - Lucy Honeychurch, Miss Bartlett's cousin and charge

“The only disease that can survive in our bloodstreams is alcoholism.”
Maggie Smith - Caro Eliza Bennett

“- Diana Barrie: Are you unhappy because you didn't get to wear my dress?
- Sidney Cochran: If I had worn your dress, it would have hung properly.”
Maggie Smith - Diana Barrie
Sir Michael Caine - Sidney Cochran

“- Charlotte Bartlett: I shall never forgive myself.
- Lucy Honeychurch: You always say that, Charlotte, but you always do forgive yourself.”
Maggie Smith - Charlotte Bartlett, a Chaperon
Helena Bonham Carter - Lucy Honeychurch, Miss Bartlett's cousin and charge

“If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.”
Maggie Smith - Constance Trentham

“- Sidney Cochran: Where are you going?
- Diana Barrie: I need another drink. The last one wore off in the lift.”
Sir Michael Caine - Sidney Cochran
Maggie Smith - Diana Barrie

“- Elsa Morganthal Strauss-Armistan: Why are you helping me? You always hated me.
- Lady Hester Random: Because we're creatures from two different worlds, you and I. Because I have despised you. And you have laughed at me and the Scorpioni. And because in spite of all that, you've been very kind to us and kept it a secret. And because we've both...” (continue)(continue reading)
Cher - Elsa Morganthal Strauss-Armistan
Maggie Smith - Lady Hester Random

“- Diana Barrie: You should have never given it up, Sidney.
- Sidney Cochran: What?
- Diana Barrie: Acting! Christ, you were good. You had more promise than anyone.”
Maggie Smith - Diana Barrie
Sir Michael Caine - Sidney Cochran

“The Germans and the Italians couldn't get rid of us. There is absolutely no reason why we should surrender to the Scots.”
Maggie Smith - Lady Hester Random

“- Bishop O'Hara: You took a vow of hospitality for all in need.
- Mother Superior: I lied.”
Joseph Maher - Bishop O'Hara
Maggie Smith - Mother Superior

“- Diana Barrie: Oh, Christ, I hate getting dressed like this. Why is it I'm always perfectly comfortable as somebody else. I'd be perfectly happy going as Hedda Gabler.
- Sidney Cochran: Try Quasimodo.
- Diana Barrie: Try shutting up!”
Maggie Smith - Diana Barrie
Sir Michael Caine - Sidney Cochran

“- Diana Barrie: Give me a drink. You have the most bizarre sense of humor.
- Sidney Cochran: Bizarre people often do!”
Maggie Smith - Diana Barrie
Sir Michael Caine - Sidney Cochran

“- Diana Barrie: You can stop pretending to be asleep, Sidney. It's over.
- Sidney Cochran: I was listening to Beethoven's Ninth. Somewhere on this plane there's a wonderful orchestra.”
Maggie Smith - Diana Barrie
Sir Michael Caine - Sidney Cochran

“- Mother Superior: There are 3 vows every nun must accept: The vow of poverty. The vow of obedience.
- Deloris: Mm-Hmm.
- Mother Superior: And the vow of chastity.
- Deloris: I am outta here with that.”
Maggie Smith - Mother Superior
Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris

“- Thetis: What a dangerous precedent. What if there more heroes like him? What if courage and imagination became everyday mortal qualities? What will become of us?
- Zeus: We would no longer be needed. But, for the moment, there is sufficient cowardice, sloth and mendacity down there on Earth to last forever.”

Maggie Smith - Thetis
Laurence Olivier - Zeus

“- Mother Superior: Girl groups? Boogie-woogie on the piano? What were you thinking?
- Deloris: I was thinkin' more like Vegas, y'know, get some butts in the seats.
- Mother Superior: And what next? Popcorn? Curtain calls? This is not a theater or a casino.
- Deloris: Yeah, but that's the problem. See, people like going to theaters, and they like...” (continue)(continue reading)
Maggie Smith - Mother Superior
Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris

“- 'Teensy' Melissa Whitman: We'll leave you alone.
- Caro Eliza Bennett: But we'll be listening from the kitchen, so talk loud.”
Fionnula Flanagan - Teensy' Melissa Whitman
Maggie Smith - Caro Eliza Bennett

“Do look. Oh, look! Look at that ridiculous American monstrosity they've given the child. What do they call them? Knickerbocker glories. Oh! It's amazing. They can even vulgarize ice cream.”
Maggie Smith - Lady Hester Random

“- Deloris: There's nothing wrong with my life. You know, before I came here, I had a career, I had friends, I had clothing that fit. Before I came here, I was okay.
- Mother Superior: Oh, really? From what I've heard, your singing career was almost non-existent, and your married lover wants you dead. If you're fooling anyone, it is only...” (continue)(continue reading)
Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris
Maggie Smith - Mother Superior

“I look as if I've been hit by a bus! A fully loaded, guided tour bus!”
Maggie Smith - Diana Barrie

“- Wendy Darling: So... your adventures are over.
- Peter Banning: Oh, no. To live... to live would be an awfully big adventure.”
Maggie Smith - Wendy Darling
Robin Williams - Peter Banning

“I've just thrown up on some of the biggest people in Hollywood. Now is no time to be sensitive.”
Maggie Smith - Diana Barrie

“It's more than likely, it has been my experience that men are least attracted to women who treat them well.”
Maggie Smith - Miss Bowers

“Screw the Oscars. Screw the Academy Awards. Screw me, Sidney. Please. Please.”
Maggie Smith - Diana Barrie

“- Harry Potter: We got lost.
- Professor McGonagall: Then perhaps a map? I trust you don't need one to find your seats.”

Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter
Maggie Smith - Professor McGonagall