CityLights' Brian Linehan interviews Maggie Smith part 2

From National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI) http://www.nsi-canada.ca

In part 2 of this 1976 CityLights interview Brian Linehan talks with Academy®-award winning actress Maggie Smith about working with Lawrence Olivier at The National Theatre, roles that make actors stars, what being an actress means and working with director Ingmar Bergman on stage.

CityLights courtesy of CTV and the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation.

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• Brian Linehan
• Harry Potter
• Hogwarts
• Professor McGonagall
• Maggie Smith

[4ridersify]

What a wonderful combination of host and guest. A chance to listen in on a conversation between talented, educated and gracious people. Maggie Smith a treasure and Brian Linehan a wonderfully sincere interviewer. I sensed a great deal of mutual respect. A pleasure to listen to. Thanks nsicanada

[nsicanada]

@4ridersify Super glad you enjoyed the interview!

[Bountybeard]

Every time I listen to Maggie or watch a video of an interview, I just sit there enthralled by her professionalism, her grace, her class...one of my all-time favorite performers!!! Thanks nsicanada

[nsicanada]

Yes, Maggie seems to have a special place in the heart of many. Glad you enjoyed :)

[mirrenfan2]

Thanks!!! :D Is there a 3?

[nsicanada]

Yep! This is a 3 parter. Super glad you're enjoying this interview :)

[EnnaSilme]

she was so pretty. ^^

(she still is)

[WizardRockKids]

I never like calling someone the greatest actress in the world, because how can one judge that ... but, in this case? OK, sure!

[storybellz]

It's so refreshing to listen to an actress with such respect for acting! She really sees it as art---and, that's as it should be. So often, I hear actresses belittle it and downplay the skill involved, which inevitably makes me lose respect for them. Actors and actresses should not receive nor should they expect respect from people if they themselves have no respect for the art that it can be and often is. Cause that's like being a doctor w/o caring. I'm glad Maggie seems to understand this.

[F1RE2WATER]

Interviews now aren't nearly as intimate and deep as this. Great job!

Love Maggie!

[hostclub17]

i love her voice.

[MARTINKUK1]

You don't find the interviews like that anymore, unfortunately. People seemed to listen to one another more carefully. Of course, in this case, it is thanks to Maggie Smith who wonderfully calls the attention of the viewer. Yet, not exactly so! It appears to me different, very different, a sort of "lost world" when you went to be interviewed because you really had something to say and people listened to you.