Maggie – Quotes

What a dazzlingly generous,

What a dazzlingly generous, gloriously unpredictable book! Maggie Nelson shows us what it means to be real, offering a way of thinking that is as challenging as it is liberating. She invites us to ‘pay homage to the transitive’ and enjoy ‘a becoming in which one never becomes’ Reading The Argonauts made me happier and … Read more

Girlfriends are vital …

Girlfriends are vital … Maggie [Gyllenhaal] and I will always see each other when Maggie’s in London or I’m here. We’ll always make time to sit and catch up properly. Emma Thompson

Maggie the cat is

Maggie the cat is alive. I’m alive. Elizabeth Taylor

maggie and milly and

maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach (to play one day) and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles, and milly befriended a stranded star whose rays five languid fingers were and molly was chased by a horrible thing which raced sideways while blowing … Read more

In terms of the

In terms of the stars, the only ones I cast were Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins. I was in Los Angeles working and a lot of this took place on the telephone. I’d met Maggie [Smith] once and I’d come back-stage, which I’m usually loathe to do because as an actor you don’t want people … Read more

So, they had this

So, they had this 40-odd year friendship with each other and with Mr Harwood. So, when I came on it Albert, Tom and Maggie were in the cast. But then Albert wasn’t up for it, so he had to withdraw. Dustin Hoffman

So, most of it

So, most of it was done over the phone. But one of the first things I did as a director, because it’s one of the first things you should do, even though most don’t, is to ask good actors who they think is right for the part. They know better than anybody. But without missing … Read more