An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be. (Maggie Smith)

An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.

Maggie Smith

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