Barry Norman talks to Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith talks about her career, and her new film The Secret Garden. From 4th October 1993

[@robertbarber1693]

Whatever Maggie Smith does, she is a star. Long may she continue.

[@jackjones3657]

To be in your prime 30, 40, 50+ years after beginning your vocation speaks volumes of one's skill and talent!

[@peterwinkler3570]

Her hair looks particularly lovely.

[@danieljean-claudeherde6202]

one of the best actors ever, my life was better because of her ! Thank you Maggie, love you

[@2legit64]

She is so lovely here. This is probably the best interview I've ever seen her give. She seemed quite relaxed. She didn't need to worry about work. Because she is so good, she will work for as long as she wishes.

[@AidaJof]

We were very fortunate to have had Maggie Smith's great talent at The Stratford Festival for a couple of years. I saw her in a number of Shakespearean works and enjoyed her comedic genius, drama and impeccable timing at delivering a line. She is a treasure.

[@bobbidazzler1343]

She has marvellous hair. X

[@alexandrabelli4139]

Jaja le miraba el cabello jaja

[@buggyboogle9]

Wonderfully thick even now in her 80s.

[@TheBlizzardcat]

Dame Maggie Smith is superlative!

[@tracythomas4727]

Voila.....my Jean Brodie. She is spectacular.

[@jonldn]

Stories about this great lady never fail to make me smile....

[@davidanthonystone5165]

She has that Je ne sais quoi She acts with her face whether on camera or Stage. One of a kind and always In Her Prime. 🦄♥️

[@evandegenfelder4554]

One beautiful, classy woman.

[@charleshudson5330]

Adore this actress. Ever since The Prime of Miss Jean Bordie.

[@Macrogue65]

She is a great actor. I love she's not entirely friendly; very guarded and aloof. However, she does share herself here. Marvellously so. Brava, Dame Maggie. I'd hate to be on the wrong side of her.

[@Aleakwe]

i love her. so gifted and straightalking. truly miss Barry Norman

[@tehsin6]

I love maggie smith in Dowton Abbey she is a treasure.

[@alexandrabelli4139]

Yo la amo en todos lados jaja

[@jeanmyers1787]

Maggie Smith, Judy Dench & Helen Mirrem, all supert

[@paulsmith3128]

Superb transgenders... hence why they've been afforded their accolades for deceiving the public and all complicit in the BBC pederast, paedophile and child trafficking ring.

[@nickynghp]

Paul Smith oh god, why are people like you even allowed to post your opinions? Make me ill

[@paulsmith3128]

@@nickynghp Because we're not in Nazi Germany or communist China you sycophant.

[@Ozymandi_as]

I'm guessing you're not an Alpha, @Paul Smith?

[@davidanthonystone5165]

Her timing is just incredible. ‘Never Complain and Never Explain”” The Dowager Countess

[@Ursaminor31]

I never argue I just explain

[@mydoglayla5045]

She is just so fabulous!!

[@ivorytower99]

Dame Maggie and her final question in this 1993 interview: What will the future hold for your career? ...Should have been answered with, "The queen Bee of a couple major film and television franchises ....?" 'insert smirk'

[@angelkotilainen]

Such a nice interview, as someone who's performed on stage and a little tv, I agree it's mortifying to watch yourself back! We are our own worst critics. Even A-listers like Johnny Depp don't watch themselves back. It's because we look and sound different to how we think. Amazing to think some of her best work was still to come, Downton Abbey, Harry Potter, The Lady in the Van etc Awesome actress, I can watch her in anything. She just commands attention.

[@stevencassidy6982]

Good interview with Barry Norman

[@jaygatz4335]

Travels With My Aunt, Gosford Park, A Room With A View, Death On The Nile, A Private Function . . . so much versatility.

[@misteral1083]

Thank you so much for uploading this and sharing such a gem with everyone!

[@dsantamaria713]

Love her!!!!

[@jasonhurd4379]

My favorite Maggie part is her Desdemona in the Olivier Othello. She is innocent, vulnerable and adoring of her unworthy husband, as well as possessing just a hint of astringency that prevents the role from cloying (as it so often does with lesser actresses) and keeps us firmly on her side rather than getting impatient with the character's naïveté. I would have loved to see her tackle Goneril, or Masha in Three Sisters. In her twenties, she'd have been the ideal Katya in Ostrovsky's The Storm.

[@dadodydo]

A mistress of accents indeed. A superb actress.

[@julianneheindorf5757]

A wonderful actor who’s had many roles on film and in the theater. She was marvelous in the movie “Tea with Mussolini” a movie about a bunch of elderly English ladies in Italy before World War Two. While Maggie Smith has been fairly well-known in Britain, I do think she’s always been a bit anonymous to the masses. Not so anymore. The roles as Professor McGonagall and the Dowager Lady Grantham has brought her a unique generational super stardom.

[@vhsvideovault]

She was never that anonymous internationally. She won two Oscars, in 1970 and 1979.

[@megrau]

Thank you for sharing!

[@mahhubbard]

Maggie Smith with Harry Potter and Downton abbey under her belt, she has become a legend. One of the absolute best.

[@gwendolynbeecroft512]

The only actress I know apart from Judy Dench that hasn't filled their faces with a ton of botox and fillers or had a face lift. Goes to show being a great actress takes more than ones looks. Those girls are living proof.

[@suzannemoogan9675]

Maggie is a stage actress through and through, exceptionally gifted with timing and during her performances possess a whirlwind of energy and ability to inhabit her entire role hence her fantastic movies Her lack of confidence over herself, I believe came via critics with a vicious tongue who should have used constructive not destructive criticism, therefore, they as critics were not suitable to their roles. Many great performers, suffer or have suffered from the same thing critics trying to destroy them before they have had the chance to prove themselves.

[@Ozymandi_as]

That voice!

[@pdgf]

Global Treasure!!! ❤

[@r.f.2779]

Maggie Smith hat eine natürlich aussergewöhnliche Stimme, in der Spannbreite vom Coloratur-Sopran bis zum Barriton. Wunderfull! Klassische Literatur-Hörbücher würden sogar für unsere Jugend Interessant zu hören, allein durch die Stimm-Variationen der großartigen Maggie Smith.

[@shlokamsrivastava6782]

A gem

[@NoName-vq3zo]

Love her!

[@DavidJohnson-yq4nz]

The iconic Miss Brodie

[@mirrenfan2]

Thanks!

[@barnabyrt1012]

Great actress

[@ThatBernie]

She seems like the polar opposite of her characters. Instead of uptight and sassy, she comes off as down to earth and shy.

[@peteradaniel]

How did I completely forget Maggie Smith was in Sister act?!

[@SimonLeicester]

Film 19?? with Barry Norman was such a great show. He had real passion about the movies and a great interviewer. The show was never the same after he left and, it’s final incarnation was just a ghastly BBC woke fest, obsessed with gender and diversity, rather than concentrating on actual talent and merit. Same with any film review programme on the bbc these days.

[@misteral1083]

We were VERY lucky to have Mr Norman as our guide to the world of Film. Very even handed in his critique, hugely knowledgeable about the form. And as you say (and we all saw) a very adept interviewer!

[@gregsalcedo4857]

She would have been great as 'Mame'.

[@franceleeparis37]

She could have been great Queen of Thorn in Game of Thrones... but Diane Rigg was just superb.. two brilliant British actresses...

[@izom]

7:58 love it !

[@northshore1000]

Little does she know a place called Downton and more corsets are in her future…!

[@JohnDoe-wo1jd]

Maggie smith is one of my favorite actors . but please, Maggie, be honest ! the hollywood trash you do for the big bucks and the other work is for love of the script or just to stay active . It is very rare in the entertainment business for workers like actors to tell it like it is . It would be refreshing if for once i could watch a video and an actor honestly say i took that part for the money . i would have the deepest admiration for him or her . I think James Mason once hinted as much but really can't remember

[@danielscherer25]

John Doe well she did tell people just that many times.

[@alexandrabelli4139]

No entiendo mucho tu comentario.

[@reesemorgan2259]

I miss Barry Norman. I loved his film program. It was all downhill when Jonathan Ross took over - no class.

[@alexandrabelli4139]

Quisiera que tuviera subtítulos no puedo entender.

[@DavidJohnson-yq4nz]

Above all others

[@projects6456]

The most amazing and naughty lady ever - except maybe jude - who's even naughtier - or maybe Helen who's just filthy.....x But, there is nothing like a Dame or Dame's

[@007beck9]

Best Actress Ever Death On The Nile Evil Under The Sun The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie Hook Sister Act Sister Act 2 Back In The Habbit The Secret Garden Harry Potter 1-8 Trillogy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Lady In The Van Downton Abbey

[@chrisn1706]

Hail the Dowager Countess of Grantham

[@jenniferclair8304]

7

[@gwendolynbeecroft512]

The only actress I know apart from Judy Dench that hasn't filled their faces with a tone of botox and fillers or had a face lift. Goes to show being a great actress takes more than ones looks. Those girls are living proof.

[@christophepena2212]

Charlotte rampling

[@TheJohnpandy]

Dame Vanessa Redgrave, Dame Eileen Atkins, Dame Julie Walters, Dame Harriet Walter, Julia McKenzie, Dame Joanna Lumley, Geraldine James, Lesley Manville, Kathy Burke, Jennifer Sanders, Caroline Quentin and many many more.

[@alexandrabelli4139]

Tal cual ella sabe envejecer con dignidad son mujeres de otra época, maduras