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It's really hard being old - it's horrible.Collection: Miriam
I am stopped in the street by kids and Harry Potter fans all the time.Collection: Miriam
It's shameful to admit, but it's been a bit of a lifelong affair, and I do now feel I'm as good as it gets. I'm honourable, kind, friendly, warm, intelligent, generous, and I've got a good sense of humour.Collection: Miriam
I've never been someone who is cast for having a lovely figure but for whatever qualities I could possibly bring to a role, so I'm still castable.Collection: Miriam
I think Britain is a bit class-ridden. People tend to be judged by how rounded their vowels are.Collection: Miriam
I don't like 'comedy,' I like 'life,' which has everything in it.Collection: Miriam
From my earliest days, reading was my passion, and at Cambridge, where I studied English literature, my intellectual life deepened and grew.Collection: Miriam
My partner of 45 years is Australian, and a big part of her character is that marvellous quality of irony which Aussies possess. I relish their humour and sense of fairness.Collection: Miriam
That's one reason India is an attractive proposition for retiring. Servants are much more reasonable than in England. It's not exploitation so long as you pay a proper salary.Collection: Miriam
I refused to be filmed getting off a bus twice. The director said, 'I'm an award-winning director. Please do it', and I said, 'I never thought I'd say this, but I'm an award-winning actress with a bad leg, and if your film depends on seeing me get in and out of a bus, we're in trouble.'Collection: Miriam
I should have got thin, but I eat too much. I hate the word 'moderation.'Collection: Miriam
As long as I am working, I am grateful and happy.Collection: Miriam
I don't like class distinction, and there is far too much of that in England.Collection: Miriam
I've burnt my boats, and there they are - smouldering in public view.Collection: Miriam
I have to keep working because, although I have land, I'm not cash rich and don't have the wealth of high-profile actresses - don't say I'm an 'actor.' That's a bit too modern.Collection: Miriam
I wish I had a million in the bank. I like round figures. I am a round figure.Collection: Miriam
I'd have thought my particular brand of quirkiness, combined with sharp intelligence and a fine voice, would have yielded more. But it hasn't. Yet!Collection: Miriam
I cannot accept violence.Collection: Miriam
I believe Jews are compassionate people because of what we've suffered. We must not put that suffering onto others.Collection: Miriam
It makes me very sad. Everyone's afraid of each other - Jews are afraid of Palestinians, Palestinians are afraid of Jews. Everywhere I see fear, not understanding. Reason went out of the window a long time ago.Collection: Miriam
I was waiting for a train at Waverley Station in Edinburgh. My knee was hurting, so I asked a young man for his seat. He replied, 'There's one over there'. I said, 'Please', and when he refused I poured my water over him.Collection: Miriam
I've been very lucky - I've worked consistently, and I haven't had to kiss a lot of people on stage.Collection: Miriam
I can't recall a bad review - maybe I'm due one. But the worst thing would be if somebody said I was inaudible. Reach your audience's ears - only then can you reach their hearts.Collection: Miriam
I very much regret that I haven't been taken more seriously. I would love to have been at the National or the RSC.Collection: Miriam
I don't understand why gay people are so anxious to get married.Collection: Miriam
I support children's charities; I just don't want them around me. It's not very admirable, but it's the truth.Collection: Miriam
Anti-Semitism is a rotten thing. It's an ignorant, stupid, horrible thing. As is anti-Muslim feeling. They have to be together.Collection: Miriam
I want people to be open to the idea of sitting down and reading a Dickens book. They will also have a great time.Collection: Miriam
With television, attention spans have been shortened. It's something we have to fight against: the dumbing down of the audience. To be part of an audience is a privilege. To be with the people on stage, to let them reach you. If you're doing a million other things, they won't reach you.Collection: Miriam
What most infuriates me is the cell phones. If I see someone texting during the show, I walk off the stage.Collection: Miriam
Where I think the American actor is slightly at a disadvantage is in vocal technique. I don't think that words are their friend in the same way that English actors are used to using words: understanding about consonance and how to shade a vowel to show emotional color.Collection: Miriam
The American actor is much more used to being physically relaxed and using their bodies better, and English actors are a little bit unrelaxed, but they're better at vocal technique.Collection: Miriam
I studied English literature in university, and then I went straight into radio.Collection: Miriam
Being in Australia makes me happy. My partner is Australian, and my home is in Australia, and it's ridiculous not to be Australian - it's a logical step to take.Collection: Miriam
I think I should be described as 'bi' - not bisexual, because I'm not - I'm gay - but 'binational' because I retain British nationality, and I add to it being Australian, which is like having your cake and eating it.Collection: Miriam
I am not the sort of person who divests myself of everything that came before I came to Australia. I want to take all the knowledge and experiences I gained when I was in England and put it at the service of Australia because I have to bring something to Australia - not just money but myself.Collection: Miriam
It would be absurd to say I'm not British - you can hear it when I speak.Collection: Miriam
I don't care what I look like. I must be comfortable. Some of my friends have plastic surgery and Botox, but I'm not interested in it.Collection: Miriam
My looks have changed, but I was never beautiful, so I'm not any less beautiful now.Collection: Miriam
My father was a doctor, so I thought I was going to be a doctor, too, but I couldn't do maths; I couldn't do science. I was hopeless at chemistry.Collection: Miriam