mbmajor01 yes, not the stupid interviewer though

She is hilarious! I watched another interview with her and she made me laughed the whole time.

+Terry Foraker I love love LOVE her on downton abbey. She's hilarious and I literally can't wait until her scenes come on.

Thats happen to me in Downton Abbey Even though she doesn't like it

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i don’t like her here’s the reason why... at my school we had a supply teacher who was an actor and friends with the woman who played the librarian in the first couple films of harry potter. she told him about her experience. apparently maggie didn’t like the fact that the librarian had a taller hat than her! she also hated the fact that the librarian got to sit next to alan rickman at one point. guess what she did? she got the librarian fired. apparently she was always complaining and being rude.

@@d8188 You don't like her because of a one sided heresay story? Get a grip.

She deserves an Oscar for simply being born.

Well, she DID win an oscar in 1970.

She has two... One for leading actor(female), and supporting actor(female) for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and California Suite (1978) respectively !! Thank God she is recognised, Academy has record being shitty to talents !!

She was nominated for a BAFTA for it, the British equal to an Oscar.

There is too much british flangs to be acceptable in usa's awards.

+hanleoms that's what I thought. they love giving that award to famous people. I mean Hilary Clinton even has a Grammy

She did also an audioplay version of the Lady in the Van

Can you imagine if she read Harry Potter?

@@Chaoren85 If she ever does I'm gonna play it on loop everyday. Harry Potter read by Professor McGonagall is definition of outstanding. Only thing that could've made the scenario better if Late Alan Rickman joined her too.

I'd listen to a recording of a phonebook on a loop if it was read by her...

Giacinto Bottone yes the same screaming scene that stuck with me when I first watched that movie as a boy in the sixties, except that the screaming words that stuck in my ears were “ treason! treason!” until when I recently watched the movie again and to my surprise her screaming words at the end of the movie were “assassin !assassin! “😀

And so so so beautiful!!!

I thought he was very genuine and didn't pretend not to be starstruck and she was very relaxed and full of humour, I thought it was a really nice atmosphere.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who realised that. It was a ridiculous fawning interview, she hated every minute of it and consoled herself by being sarcastic. I think she knew in advance that he wouldn't realise it.

He's just an average clueless American.

Ya, she was over it. Poor guy was treating her like a grandmother. Little did he know, she's still as quick as a whip. Brilliant old broad.

Not all of us Americans are clueless; certain areas, yes, but not all of us are clueless. One could argue that we don't have accents that sound as if we're reciting glamourous poetry, but we do know how to stand our ground if we have to.

+Shane Cadden I haven't seen it, but it looks like a great movie, is it current or is the dvd for purchase.

It was in cinemas in Ireland before Christmas, so it should be on DVD soon

Thank you.

Great film but awful ending

She has won two Oscars (Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite).

+2legit64 I agree, but Mo was not the right person to interview her. Maggie i think is a workaholic, i think working is good because you need a reason to get up in the morning and it keeps you active and why deprive us of her enormous talent (a bit selfish) she is really a A list thespian and one of Britain's best.

American interviewers often worry internally when faced with Brit posh...

She was asked on the Graham Norton Show if she would do another season and she replied, "Oh, heavens no! By now the Dowager Duchess must be 115!"

I will add Judi Dench to that list.

and Katherine Hepburn.

I’ll always remember her as Mrs. Medlock from The Secret Garden. That was the first movie I ever saw her in and I was awestruck. 💕💕

I will remember her as McGonagall too. The roll couldn't be better for her. And I'll buy her Wand as soon as I can. I hate to say this, but:" Ten points for Gryffindor" Damn, that was hard, but I treat it to Gryffindor and to McGonagall, I'm a good Slytherin💚🐍🏰

I never really knew Maggie Smith until the Harry Potter series. It wasn't until I read the comments section of a clip when I realized her significance in acting and film.

Hooray for Gryffindor!

Mother Superior from. Sister Act for me.

She got the Oscar long before that anyway. its better than never, like Glenn Close.

She should have won one for the prime of mrs Jean Brodie

Totally agree. 👍

Wasn't Maggie a Scot? 🤔

@@future288ify She did. Also for CALIFORNIA SUITE. She's got two.

THE Diva. 😍

She once said she never gave him an advice about career and never encourage her sons to follow her footsteps, so it means he's a great actor by nature. :D

@@GabiFOliv Pretty sure he learned a lot by observation nontheless.

+Ahsan Zaman I agree, why they chose him is a mystery.

+Ahsan Zaman Who is this idiot? And why is he employed to do these things?

+Ahsan Zaman He is out of his element, other than Charlie Rose I doubt CBS has anyone in their stable of interviewers who wouldn't have been.

Steven Barker his name is Mo Rocca (birth name is Maurice Rocca) and he is a journalist, humorist and actor. He used to be a regular correspondent on The Daily Show from 1998-2003. I remember seeing him on The Daily Show back in the day, both with Craig Kilborn and Jon Stewart.

Mo Rocca must have connections because he is so awful but manages to work annoying everyone.

Yes, I immediately recognized her discomfort, but people can get so caught up in their good intentions that they sometimes overlook other's feelings. That's an interesting interpretation. I thought that she found watching the video (and by extension, looking into her past) terribly sad-- the way you remember happier times that you can never again eclipse. I suspect it has something to do with their stages in life. He still looks fondly into the past with a sense of nostalgia, whereas she seems to regard it as a fossil record..."those were the days," and these are the last hours of dusk, so to speak. No wonder she doesn't watch her own work. It's a reminder of her mortality. But I don't think this is a differentiation between American/British mentality. It's something of a timeless, universal theme. Or did I misunderstand you? Did you mean Americans are more emotionally expressive whereas the British are more emotionally reserved? The proverbial "stiff upper lip?"

+globalman I also think it's just her personality, she doesn't seem to enjoy looking back at the past. Very in the now. I was surprised how nice she was to him. Have seen some interviews where she has made her contempt for the interviewer as clear as she could without using obscenities.

She was sitting with a gay fawning interviewer (who could blame him); I am sure she saw this and responded in her usual, wry way. How about reuniting her with Carol?

Hurrah! She is tolerating the interviewer. We don’t like schmaltz in the UK. X

Don't be so over the top. She's not that uptight.

They were pretty grateful to have had her though I'd bet, because she was a HUGE part of why Downton was a success. I think she's just a true actress. Gives her all to each performance and then leaves it there to move to the next one and giver her all to that one

Agree Great quality to own

I agree they both have a very dry sense of humour

Ha! she's a marvel!