In one of the most in-depth interviews she's given in what has remained, a very much private life, Maggie Smith explained to Nancy Banks-Smith of the Observer how she perceived theatre, "I'm never shy on the stage. Always shy off it it. You see, the theatre is a different world. A much better world. It's the real world that's the illusion." In Michael Coveney's illuminating biography simply titled Maggie Smith: A Bio…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:11PM on December 29, 2015