“There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry...” — Maggie Smith Quote

“There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk.”

“I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.”

“I have many good friends, but I tend to keep to myself anyway. It's odd, doing things and having no one to share them with.”

“One thing that the coaching staff and the assistant coaches did a really good job of working me on was shaping myself into an NBA guard.”

“I started out as the assistant to the editor-in-chief at 'Ebony' magazine. She took me under her wing and gave me opportunities to take on bigger responsibilities very early on in my career.”

“Maybe some day I'll go back to campus as an assistant coach.”