The Cast of Downton Abbey Reviews Maggie Smith's Most Iconic Moments | Vanity Fair

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  • @tuckercrowe5188
    @tuckercrowe5188 4 роки тому +4419

    I love the scene in season 1 when Violet goes to Matthew's office and has trouble with the chair she sits in. Matthew tells her it was designed by Thomas Jefferson and she says, 'why must every day involve a fight with an American?'

  • @fantastischfish
    @fantastischfish 5 років тому +10654

    Oh come on! Maggie Smith's best line in the entire series is in the Christmas special of season 2 when Mary dumps Sir Richard and he says, "I'm leaving in the morning. I doubt we'll meet again". The Dowager: "Do you promise?" Absolute classic.

  • @bigstunna2049
    @bigstunna2049 5 років тому +4399

    In the movie she has a great line
    "I don't argue, I explain"

    • @Koribaby1
      @Koribaby1 5 років тому +36

      I screamed. i adore her. xD

    • @abigrazi
      @abigrazi 5 років тому +21

      I love her lines so much

    • @lacrimacristi
      @lacrimacristi 5 років тому +15

      They made a t-shirt already...the best

    • @NatyRechene
      @NatyRechene 5 років тому +6

      She's the best! Hahahah

    • @nb8936
      @nb8936 4 роки тому +3

      Ive been saying that for years!

  • @patriciaevins6267
    @patriciaevins6267 5 років тому +2459

    "A lack of compassion can be as vulgar as an excess of tears"...I always loved that one

    • @Lily_and_River
      @Lily_and_River 4 роки тому +28

      Need to remember that one... I think it would give me tremendous courage when I'm among people who can't deal with/show emotions

    • @sarcasticsid5589
      @sarcasticsid5589 4 роки тому +6

      Now THAT would be SOOO dope

    • @nada3963
      @nada3963 4 роки тому +4

      She is wise indeed.

    • @thegravellesstraveled2320
      @thegravellesstraveled2320 3 роки тому +1

      Stiff upper lip wut!

    • @juveriabaig
      @juveriabaig 3 роки тому

      That one's my favourite too!

  • @helenam.1077
    @helenam.1077 5 років тому +6416

    One of my favorites is when Matthew breaks a vase on a fight with Carlisle and she is like “its alright, i’ve hated this vase for 50 years”

    • @samREDICEbunny
      @samREDICEbunny 4 роки тому +10

      😀

    • @helenamay1845
      @helenamay1845 4 роки тому +10

      We have the same name lol

    • @aihara2799
      @aihara2799 4 роки тому +112

      nah nah she said "I've hated that vase for half a century" lmao

    • @cmtippens9209
      @cmtippens9209 4 роки тому +5

      I've watched this probably a dozen times and I never tire of watching these three "BFFs" together. Them watching themselves in the clips feels like a trip down memory lane. ☺💟

    • @oliviabayse6816
      @oliviabayse6816 3 роки тому +4

      Omg I totally cracked up when that happened

  • @JohnLutherable
    @JohnLutherable 5 років тому +7262

    "I'm so looking forward to seeing your mother again. When I'm with her I'm reminded of the virtues of the English."
    "But isn't she American? "
    " Exactly"

    • @ranaozakca7940
      @ranaozakca7940 5 років тому +59

      Crassus how did they miss that lol

    • @solosunbeam
      @solosunbeam 5 років тому +22

      @Crassus I know! That is a great quote indeed.

    • @josecabaltera1625
      @josecabaltera1625 5 років тому +5

      oh yes!! haha

    • @cherokeegotti4903
      @cherokeegotti4903 4 роки тому +44

      My favorite line. Gets me every time...and I'm American😂😂😂😂

    • @Lily_and_River
      @Lily_and_River 4 роки тому +4

      Yes that's the best one in my opinion aswell.

  • @Saltysaltire97
    @Saltysaltire97 5 років тому +5843

    I loved her relationship with isabelle over the series:
    "How you hate to be wrong"
    "I wouldn't know. I'm not familiar with the sensation"
    😂

    • @jilllogan1288
      @jilllogan1288 4 роки тому +25

      my favorite come back!

    • @EzraDair
      @EzraDair 4 роки тому +14

      Isobel but yeah

    • @EmmelineSama
      @EmmelineSama 4 роки тому +2

      @@EzraDair precisely.

    • @funnyflonnie
      @funnyflonnie 4 роки тому +23

      No one else could have done her part. only Maggie Smith.....loved her in this

    • @Lia-ij4mg
      @Lia-ij4mg 4 роки тому

      @@EzraDair oh well tf

  • @kaymuldoon3575
    @kaymuldoon3575 5 років тому +4435

    “Oh I’m so sorry...I thought you were a waiter.”
    My favorite one. 🤣

    • @jillswift7572
      @jillswift7572 5 років тому +53

      That 'Get me a drink' skit is the funniest thing. I just crack up every time I see it. LOL

    • @lavenderd0ll
      @lavenderd0ll 5 років тому +4

      Me tooo😂😂😂

    • @XSylvanosX
      @XSylvanosX 4 роки тому +4

      Sorry, could someone explain that one for me? English isn't my native language but I like all the jokes except that one, which I don't really get (seems like she just didn't see, who was behind her)

    • @horsepill2842
      @horsepill2842 4 роки тому +5

      The mistaking her son for a waiter is my favorite, too. I'm not sure how to explain it though. Except it was funny how the Earl would be assumed part of the staff, whether intentionally or jokingly.

    • @mjcm8331
      @mjcm8331 4 роки тому +27

      XSylvanosX it’s the first time Lord Grantham wears a tuxedo (instead of tails) for dinner. She’s mocking him for doing so, as a tux would be considered informal back in those days and social class.

  • @nataliamontelongo2781
    @nataliamontelongo2781 5 років тому +3139

    This whole promoting campaign for the movie has transformed into a Maggie Smith stan series and I'm here for it.

  • @sammier.6125
    @sammier.6125 5 років тому +6896

    I expected them to include “w-what is a weekend?” 😂

    • @Hypegreene05
      @Hypegreene05 5 років тому +78

      @@pyrosymphonyfireworksdesig5690 the chair sceene almost killed me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Ozefan2580
      @Ozefan2580 5 років тому +21

      Me, too! Loved that line!

    • @toricapricorn
      @toricapricorn 5 років тому +133

      Yes! And, “must every day begin with a fight with an American”

    • @twistedmistress5635
      @twistedmistress5635 5 років тому +57

      Forrest Gabriel Cruz “no, no... I’m a good sailor” I was CRYING 😂

    • @sensitiveone8305
      @sensitiveone8305 5 років тому +3

      That one is my absolute favorite 😂

  • @FriendofYahweh29
    @FriendofYahweh29 4 роки тому +1731

    Matthews mom: I’ll take that as a compliment
    Dame Maggie: I must’ve said it wrong” 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

  • @fairlyvague82
    @fairlyvague82 5 років тому +2796

    ‘Of course it would happen to a foreigner. No Englishman would *dream* of dying in someone else’s house’ (On the scandalous demise of Mr Pamuk 😳)

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 5 років тому +48

      What she says is always true and what the others are too polite to say. She reminds me of my late mother

    • @fairlyvague82
      @fairlyvague82 5 років тому +33

      M Scott I love her. You know exactly where you stand with her. I like knowing where I stand with people lolol

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 4 роки тому +26

      @@fairlyvague82 So do I. It's a rare level of honesty (at least it's rare these days,) and a typical aristocratic trait.

    • @rafaelchavesfonseca693
      @rafaelchavesfonseca693 4 роки тому +3

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @TheChoralist
      @TheChoralist 4 роки тому +2

      Omg we forget about this jewel 💎🤣🤣🤣

  • @CaliVMK
    @CaliVMK 5 років тому +2088

    Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton have such witty dialogue and such great chemistry I would watch a whole movie of just them on screen

    • @2eleven48
      @2eleven48 5 років тому +66

      Mahaillie.....Smith is, of course, magnificent, but Wilton, one of the very greatest , subtlest, actresses of our time, is also formidable. What a joy to bring them together.

    • @DRaymore44
      @DRaymore44 5 років тому +29

      @@2eleven48 I liked when Penelope as Isobel and Maggie as Violet were having a wit throwing contest, especially when Isobel said to Violet, "Did you remember to take your pills?" as if Violet was becoming forgetful or something. Maggie as Violet must have had so much fun doing those lines as she did in almost every episode of that show. She's a hoot.

    • @CJ-im2uu
      @CJ-im2uu 5 років тому +19

      If you haven’t seen the movie, don’t eat or drink with Maggie scenes.

    • @DRaymore44
      @DRaymore44 5 років тому +11

      @@CJ-im2uu I have seen the movie, and it was great. Maggie, of course, had the best lines again. I laughed so many times when she said them. Now that the movie is doing well at the box office in many countries, there has to be a sequel in the works since there are some storylines that were not finished yet.

    • @sheilaburns8977
      @sheilaburns8977 5 років тому +17

      The two ladies are great together … and Isobel holds her own with the Dowager. Some of the looks she gives the Dowager are wonderful.

  • @heavycritic9554
    @heavycritic9554 5 років тому +1312

    Nobody does a disapproving face like Maggie Smith.
    She's got it down to a fine art.

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 5 років тому +12

      I think she lives her role. As she did Lady Trentham in Gosford Park

    • @fionabromby4546
      @fionabromby4546 3 роки тому +4

      Has anybody seen her in first wives club. She put down Goldie Hawn who’d had collagen in her lips. Your LIPS with the tilted head

    • @mariatony40
      @mariatony40 3 роки тому +7

      Have any of you seen her in The Lady in the van? She plays a really down and out old woman in that story, but even as that character can still deliver crushing lines to people around her. I wonder what she's like in real life.
      Maggie Smith is one of the great character actresses GB has, just like Judi Dench, and I really hope she will be around for some time still. 🥰

    • @eagander
      @eagander 3 роки тому +6

      The grand dame of Disapproval!!

    • @questworldmatrix
      @questworldmatrix 3 роки тому +3

      She's great in Sister Act.

  • @davedexter1583
    @davedexter1583 3 роки тому +682

    Just to be a downer, my favourite Maggie moment is her entering the house after Sybil's death. Her conversation with Carson, her near-breakdown, and then pulling it together as she rights herself and walks on. Truly amazing acting.

    • @lostindesert
      @lostindesert 3 роки тому +10

      YES!!

    • @eboli7146
      @eboli7146 3 роки тому +46

      I agree. That moment sticks out for me too. It’s very subtle yet powerful and touching because in a few seconds she conveys an enormous world of emotion. Just masterful acting.

    • @brandyhuff8487
      @brandyhuff8487 2 роки тому +6

      Yes!! I break down every time I watch it

    • @karlfranz8345
      @karlfranz8345 2 роки тому +7

      You sir are a quite good connesseur of marvelous english acting.

    • @Alchemista420
      @Alchemista420 2 роки тому +12

      That scene was soooo well done. Not many words but the expressions and body language.. you could feel everything!

  • @VsLeo1
    @VsLeo1 3 роки тому +369

    My favorite: “Theres nothing simpler than avoiding people you don’t like. Avoiding one’s friends, that’s the real test.” ❤️

    • @bethawesome2900
      @bethawesome2900 2 роки тому +7

      I laughed so hard at that one

    • @conniep8616
      @conniep8616 2 роки тому +7

      Granny would have loved lockdown lol

    • @livb6945
      @livb6945 9 місяців тому +3

      She did tell Robert at one point that "I have plenty of friends I don't like"

    • @rebeccadaniels3862
      @rebeccadaniels3862 6 місяців тому +2

      My favorite. Came to comments to type it.

  • @PippiOnePointOh
    @PippiOnePointOh 3 роки тому +1865

    My favorite Maggie Smith line: “It’s not like we can have him assassinated…I suppose.”

    • @gpuca
      @gpuca 3 роки тому +8

      Best line in the series!

    • @barbaro4evr135
      @barbaro4evr135 3 роки тому +1

      Definitely!🤣

    • @Bianca14356
      @Bianca14356 3 роки тому +3

      Can u tell me in which episode it is in...

    • @donnamarievalentine1156
      @donnamarievalentine1156 2 роки тому

      Oh wow! Did you ever watch the TV series "Taxi" with Danny DeVito? He goes to meet "Zena" his girlfriend's mother. (Zena, played by Rhea Pearlman is Danny DeVito's real life wife since the 80's btw). And when "Zena" is out of the room the mother says to "Louie" (Danny DeVito) I can have you killed! They do that you know? Ha ha ha

    • @gingflynn
      @gingflynn 2 роки тому

      Priceless!

  • @karenzaretski2344
    @karenzaretski2344 2 роки тому +71

    My favorite show. Maggie Smith is a riot. The "what is a weekend?" comment and the look on her face while the family is having dinner made me laugh until tears were running down my cheeks. Bravo!

  • @mariapena1965
    @mariapena1965 3 роки тому +703

    It took me YEARS to start watching it! I thought it was just another stuffy British period piece. BOY was I WRONG!! It was SPLENDID! ALL the actors were SUPERB!! I couldn't stop watching it! 👍😊

    • @clt2744
      @clt2744 3 роки тому +11

      better late than never!

    • @vuyiswagqoli3077
      @vuyiswagqoli3077 3 роки тому +32

      This was me! Just finished it two weeks ago! And I’ve been rewatching it! Maggie Smith is my spirit animal

    • @Chillaxing113
      @Chillaxing113 3 роки тому +8

      Watching the series again. Definitely a favorite.

    • @vaynovak
      @vaynovak 3 роки тому +15

      I have addictively watched 3 seasons within a week. I highly regret it now as it deserves to be taken in slowly but I simply could not stop!

    • @eagander
      @eagander 3 роки тому +8

      I didn't see the interest when it was originally on. Last year I finally watched - LOVED IT - and am now watching the whole series again~!

  • @FairyLizzie
    @FairyLizzie 4 роки тому +503

    I love the fact that they all reacted to Sybil's appearance the same way as the audience would.

  • @sound_and_fury6617
    @sound_and_fury6617 5 років тому +1205

    "If I ever did search for logic, I should not search for it among the English upper class". Ooh self-burn, those are rare.

    • @corbinic
      @corbinic 4 роки тому +10

      sound_and_fury you can‘t burn the divine. aka maggie smith and every character of her is definitely immune to such things

    • @ebitoro4590
      @ebitoro4590 4 роки тому +11

      i understood that reference
      noice

    • @aircastles1013
      @aircastles1013 4 роки тому +5

      Peralta!!

    • @emilygray2025
      @emilygray2025 4 роки тому +2

      Smurt

    • @amberhilton1021
      @amberhilton1021 3 роки тому +1

      NINE-NINE!

  • @emsantos0283
    @emsantos0283 5 років тому +712

    "Are you quite finished?"
    Dame Maggie Smith is a BOSS🧐

  • @midnightelf9149
    @midnightelf9149 5 років тому +484

    “I wonder your halo doesn't grow heavy. It must be like wearing a tiara around the clock.” Priceless.

    • @nadjapetkovic7945
      @nadjapetkovic7945 4 роки тому +2

      I literally just finished watching that episode 😂 hilarious 💓

    • @jettahammond2916
      @jettahammond2916 3 роки тому

      That is my favorite line 😂😂

    • @adhissopa5883
      @adhissopa5883 3 роки тому

      🤣

    • @namyajha482
      @namyajha482 3 роки тому

      I watched that episode literally today

    • @Alchemista420
      @Alchemista420 2 роки тому

      This one 😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @shadowofthemoon9195
    @shadowofthemoon9195 5 років тому +514

    "Does it ever get cold on moral highground?" - i expected this one :D

  • @MauraVH
    @MauraVH 5 років тому +1587

    I’ll always love the bit with the newspaper man (forgot his name) “I’ll be leaving in the morning” “Do you promise?” 😂😂😂

    • @suzannereilman4516
      @suzannereilman4516 5 років тому +7

      Maura Van Heghe ....that IS the BEST....EV-ah....;)!!!

    • @NC-hu3ti
      @NC-hu3ti 5 років тому +43

      Sir Richard Carlisle

    • @tracy8359
      @tracy8359 5 років тому +14

      He also says something like, "We'll never meet again."

    • @TheSeedOfChange
      @TheSeedOfChange 5 років тому +27

      Sir Richard! My favorite is when they are playing charades and he asks her if she enjoys playing games in which the player must appear ridiculous. And she says, "Sir Richard, LIFE is a game in which the player must appear ridiculous." I think of that at least once a day- It's so true!

    • @NC-hu3ti
      @NC-hu3ti 5 років тому +6

      @@tracy8359 and violet says "do you promise?" 😂. She's the best!

  • @jherlenecargill4081
    @jherlenecargill4081 5 років тому +1105

    "I am a woman, Mary. I can be as contrary as I choose." BOSS LADY... I stan!!!

    • @davedexter1583
      @davedexter1583 2 роки тому +1

      my god people really DO talk like this

  • @lukasoitzl133
    @lukasoitzl133 5 років тому +438

    "Is this an instrument of communication or torture?" My favourite scene for sure.

    • @dianethompson8564
      @dianethompson8564 4 роки тому +1

      I feel like that with computers and a new version of phones.

    • @katragaddaalekhya4811
      @katragaddaalekhya4811 3 роки тому +4

      and then proceeds to yell, "SHRIMPIE??!"

    • @titisachi2715
      @titisachi2715 2 роки тому

      same here

    • @donnamarievalentine1156
      @donnamarievalentine1156 2 роки тому

      @@katragaddaalekhya4811 How can that aristocratic, handsome man, head of household go around being called "Shrimpie!" Ha ha ha

  • @Mister_Tibbs
    @Mister_Tibbs 5 років тому +298

    “SHRIMPIE!?!” I was always amazed at how Laura ever managed a successful take of that telephone scene 😂😂 and Michelle is just such an absolute dream 😍

  • @aleksandrpavlov3728
    @aleksandrpavlov3728 5 років тому +331

    Robert: "I can handle her." The Dowager, suddenly appearing, "Well you must have learned to very recently"

  • @emmanuelboateng6966
    @emmanuelboateng6966 5 років тому +195

    my favourite is the scene where the foreign ambassadors son dies in their house and when Maggie Smith was called in she says "ofcourse it would happen to a foreigner, no British will ever think of dying in someone else's house, especially someone they don't even know" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Alchemista420
      @Alchemista420 2 роки тому +2

      Reading this I am laughing way too hard. The audacity of the dead 😭😭🤣🤣🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

  • @scottfoxl7431
    @scottfoxl7431 4 роки тому +322

    My fav line by the dowager wasn't mentioned in this video! I don't remember who she said this to, but: "you're entitled to argue with me, you're just not entitled to win!"

    • @bryliedespain9551
      @bryliedespain9551 4 роки тому +3

      Scott FoxL Rosamund!

    • @kathkwilts
      @kathkwilts 3 роки тому

      It was said to Isabelle at the dining table over the hospital row…

    • @Alchemista420
      @Alchemista420 2 роки тому

      Hahaha this one is such a good one! The doctor's face😭🤣🤣🤦🏾‍♀️

  • @Awesomeknight7
    @Awesomeknight7 4 роки тому +242

    The best Maggie Smith line of the entire series: Talking about Lady Mary possibly getting married with her scandalous reputation: "Every woman goes down the aisle with half the story hidden."

  • @debrawhited3035
    @debrawhited3035 5 років тому +475

    No harm meant, and I like most of the royals, but when I read the announcement of a new royal engagement today, I must admit my instant reaction was to hear the Dowager Countess in my head, saying - "In times like these, you could probably find an Italian who isn't too picky."

    • @markmh835
      @markmh835 5 років тому +22

      OMG, that's hysterical -- making the connection to Princess Beatrice! Thanks so much for making this connection I missed. (I'm American.)

    • @晶-e6w
      @晶-e6w 5 років тому +6

      😂😂😂😂😂 best comment

    • @Pdjohnners
      @Pdjohnners 5 років тому +5

      Brilliant. Laughed out loud.🤣🤣🤣

  • @tracy8359
    @tracy8359 5 років тому +790

    I use "Vulgarity is no substitution for wit." In conversation in my best stuffy British accent.

    • @markmh835
      @markmh835 5 років тому +8

      Me too! A great and useful line. 😊

    • @hawthornetree646
      @hawthornetree646 5 років тому +3

      My favorite too!

    • @elsagreen1476
      @elsagreen1476 5 років тому +3

      I love that one.

    • @nosuchthing8
      @nosuchthing8 3 роки тому +2

      I thought of that line every time we Americans were graced by trumps intellectual largesse

  • @hafsaxvi4027
    @hafsaxvi4027 3 роки тому +148

    I remember laughing hysterically when she said to Robert "I thought you were a waiter" 😂😂😂😂 What is Downtown Abbey without her...

  • @jezaruelan2651
    @jezaruelan2651 3 роки тому +60

    "Love is a far more dangerous motive than dislike."
    Will forever be my favorite Maggie line.

  • @sophiefrank3741
    @sophiefrank3741 5 років тому +287

    They forgot “I’ve hated that vase for 50 years” “do you promise” and “what is a weekend?”

  • @Fenimorka
    @Fenimorka 5 років тому +780

    Honestly, Maggie is so savage.
    *We stan*

    • @Rollwithit699
      @Rollwithit699 3 роки тому

      I though it was a typo, but ove seen it three times now. What does "stan" mean?

    • @Fenimorka
      @Fenimorka 3 роки тому +1

      ​@@Rollwithit699 to stan = to religiously support

    • @rashelelashley
      @rashelelashley 3 роки тому

      @@Rollwithit699 It makes no sense to me. I speak English and I'll leave it that way.

    •  3 роки тому +1

      @@rashelelashley . . . Stan is slang for someone who is a huge enthusiastic fan

    • @kendraklasek9278
      @kendraklasek9278 2 роки тому

      @@Rollwithit699 It’s slang for stalker/fan. Stan.

  • @raven_bard
    @raven_bard 5 років тому +325

    I can't believe they didn't get them to comment on the swivel chair scene with Mathew! That scene always has me in stitches!

    • @littlejannacz5199
      @littlejannacz5199 5 років тому +28

      "I'm a good sailor" 😂 love it

    • @su-rv2uq
      @su-rv2uq 5 років тому +30

      @@littlejannacz5199 "Why does every day involve a fight with an American? No no, I'm a good sailor!" One of my most favorite scenes EVER.

    • @ArmednotTriggered
      @ArmednotTriggered 5 років тому +5

      The first scene that made me tear up because I was laughing so hard.

    • @justinvance9221
      @justinvance9221 3 роки тому

      Yeees! I watch that one again all the time! It was so unexpected, imo.

    • @tainewarner5752
      @tainewarner5752 3 роки тому

      @@ArmednotTriggered just PRICELESS!

  • @LilithNMorning
    @LilithNMorning 5 років тому +696

    It’s SOOOO weird seeing them in modern clothes and hairstyles😭😂

    • @barbarat5729
      @barbarat5729 4 роки тому +24

      And Tom looks awesome with that haircut!

    • @thekingsdaughter4233
      @thekingsdaughter4233 4 роки тому +35

      And now I realize that it must have taken some effort to make Laura Carmichael look like the Ugly Duckling (I had not seen "the real her" before).

    • @anna_bandana
      @anna_bandana 4 роки тому +6

      Barbara T yes! He is fineeeeee

    • @simoneast1973
      @simoneast1973 3 роки тому +8

      Yes Laura Carmichael is so pretty IRL.

    • @jettahammond2916
      @jettahammond2916 3 роки тому

      Lol yeah it is 😂

  • @yousvellormeus
    @yousvellormeus 3 роки тому +27

    I remember when Laura was visiting Haiti, it was a real privilege to be her translator ! She is a very humble person !
    Thank you Laura for your support to Haiti 🇭🇹 through HHA.

  • @andywood5699
    @andywood5699 5 років тому +47

    I one I love the most is when Mosley has the rash on his hands and Isobel thinks she knows what it is. She lords her knowledge over Violet but Violet realises what the rash is and in front of the Doctor, Mosley and Isobel, tells Mosley what to do. Violet leaves and her expression is hilarious. She can hardly contain her glee that she had put Isobel in her place.

  • @jmpf9168
    @jmpf9168 4 роки тому +66

    “I’ll take that as a compliment!”
    “I must’ve said it wrong”
    Gets me every time 😂

  • @melsied4443
    @melsied4443 2 роки тому +13

    You have absolutely NO idea how much we enjoyed this. I've watched it twice. I get addicted to the personalities in the room with me. I enjoy the costumes and the levels of snobbish and cruel reality of real families. I loved watching the evolution of time and inventions that changes the resistance of change. Loved it.thank you for starring in it.

  • @sarahkinsey5434
    @sarahkinsey5434 2 роки тому +82

    One of my favorite interactions between Violet and Isabelle was when they were going downstairs and Violet said she hadn't been down there in 20 years and Isabelle said don't forget your passport

  • @bb6887
    @bb6887 3 роки тому +66

    Maggie Smith is a national treasure, folks. These are all great ones. The "I thought you were the waiter" when his lordship doesn't have tails on is hysterical.

  • @lilithbrantley4930
    @lilithbrantley4930 4 роки тому +33

    I've been rewatching Downton Abbey over and over the last few months. I lose myself in the series since my depression is HORRIBLE. I adore Maggie Smith ❣️ She is perfect for the part of Lady Grantham 🥰 I wish more episodes would be written before we lose Maggie.

    • @darceljones2571
      @darceljones2571 2 роки тому +2

      Hey how are you?

    • @tommyabernathy9880
      @tommyabernathy9880 2 роки тому

      Bless you! Add Brideshead Revisited to your watch list if you’ve not seen it. 🌹

  • @tammie4272
    @tammie4272 5 років тому +62

    "Why must everyday include a fight with an American" lol love that❤

  • @binxwinx8434
    @binxwinx8434 3 роки тому +52

    I love Maggie Smith, she's a class actress which is rare these days. I wish the writer of Downton Abbey would take us back in time to the Edwardian era when Maggie's charector was young... it would be fabulous with Russia and all... and the Edwardians were so OTT and eccentric!

    • @glen7318
      @glen7318 2 роки тому +1

      Violet wasn't an Edwardian, she was young in the Victorian age..... I think her trip to Russia was when P Alfred Married a Russian royal

    • @binxwinx8434
      @binxwinx8434 2 роки тому +1

      @@glen7318 Actually you're right, Violet visited Russia, where she met Prince Igor Kuragin, at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg in 1874. It was still an era of extravigance for the upper classes.

    • @Angus_Gibson
      @Angus_Gibson 2 роки тому +1

      @@glen7318 She refers to herself as an Edwardian.

    • @valkyriesardo278
      @valkyriesardo278 2 роки тому +3

      It is a good dream. But I have to doubt that its feasible to do Violet without Maggie. I think anyone else in the part would be a disappointment. Some of the best things in life are not eternal. We must learn to love the moment.

    • @MsJubjubbird
      @MsJubjubbird 2 місяці тому +1

      Now that she has passed I think it would do very well.

  • @lynnvb
    @lynnvb 5 років тому +71

    My favorite one (idk which season) is when the mother's mother comes to visit and Violet says "I'm so looking forward to seeing your mother again, she reminds me of the virtues of the English."
    When someone replies with .. "isn't she American?" she says "Yes exactly."

    • @Alchemista420
      @Alchemista420 2 роки тому +2

      The absolute shaaaddeeee😭😭🤣🤣🤣

  • @Princess_Maya_19
    @Princess_Maya_19 3 роки тому +11

    My favorite line is in the first season one of the first episodes where Matthew is talking about working during the week and caring for and managing Downton on the weekends and Violet says in a perplexed tone “What’s a weekend” that was the moment I fell in love with the show 😂😂

  • @navi-ui8dq
    @navi-ui8dq 3 роки тому +58

    the funniest thing for me was when she asked if any of the jazz band members know what song they were playing 😂

    • @Mosh-p5f
      @Mosh-p5f 3 роки тому +2

      yeah! i remember that! it was so hilarious!

    • @braej.8973
      @braej.8973 2 роки тому +1

      Oh my gosh yes me too 😂😂

  • @Brayne01
    @Brayne01 4 роки тому +20

    Frankly - whenever the Dowager says something - anything - it's a quote to remember. I just love her character.

  • @shadowweaver3693
    @shadowweaver3693 4 роки тому +39

    Its so refreshing to see modern day actors be so classy, mature and well spoken in real life.

  • @robinlagelius
    @robinlagelius 5 років тому +20

    I love seeing the girls be so nice to each other, they truly are vicious to each other on the show.

  • @MerileeGoLucky
    @MerileeGoLucky 5 років тому +197

    I'm sad they didn't do the one where Tom asks her to dance and she says "I know I can trust you to steer"

    • @dtucker4463
      @dtucker4463 4 роки тому +2

      Aha, thx, Nauman, that got by me but I do remember her saying that to him. I just didn't make the chauffeur connection.

  • @ladyfoxwf1075
    @ladyfoxwf1075 4 роки тому +13

    Awww Sybil, little Sybil XD

  • @darrellskinner5263
    @darrellskinner5263 2 роки тому +17

    She has so many great lines and she nails them every time

  • @Leon-gr2oo
    @Leon-gr2oo 3 роки тому +14

    When you realise maggie smith was just born very few years after the time the series takes place in (1912 to 1927 and maggie smith was born in 1934) just mindblowing and maybe very nice for her to see a world again she once lived in

  • @asb1jou
    @asb1jou 5 років тому +99

    "I'm a woman, Mary. I can be as contrary as I choose".

  • @Paparonzzie
    @Paparonzzie 5 років тому +123

    DAME MAGGIE SMITH: INTERNATIONAL TREASURE!

  • @timefortea1931
    @timefortea1931 3 роки тому +15

    The scene with Lord Grantham and Tom not having the evening shirts, with the quips of The Dowager and Mrs Levinson were absolutely hilarious!

  • @kawaiimatilda
    @kawaiimatilda 5 років тому +63

    I KNEW Laura (Edith) was about to crack up when the Dowager was trying to use the phone 😂😂😂

  • @zachpennell471
    @zachpennell471 5 років тому +46

    My two favourite scenes of Maggie's is when she first uses the telephone in season 2 and when she first runs into Shirley MacLaine in season 3 - putting them together was brilliant!

    • @hawthornetree646
      @hawthornetree646 5 років тому +1

      Zach Pennell: And the way she was acting with the artificial light!

    • @calienalcartur
      @calienalcartur Рік тому

      'SHRIMPIE?! IT'S AUNT VIOLET!!!'

  • @yimkeys
    @yimkeys 2 роки тому +10

    Maggie Smith is a tremendous actress and I love how she portrayed Violet Crawley.

  • @M3ow_pawzz
    @M3ow_pawzz 4 роки тому +16

    I absolutely love the Dowager Countess! Her comedy timing is perfect! She makes this show what it is! 😂

  • @blooddragon805
    @blooddragon805 5 років тому +114

    It is SO WEIRD to hear Michelle Dockery’s réal accent, and not the perfect English accent of Lady Mary
    It changes her voice a lot
    I’m always impressed by the English actors capacity to change their accent
    I know they learn how to do it as it is an absolute requirement in that country, but still

    • @annwilsonclark2737
      @annwilsonclark2737 4 роки тому +3

      blood dragon no it isn’t a requirements

    • @kcbh24
      @kcbh24 2 роки тому +1

      It's barely any different. How odd to point out.

  • @Maaarrina
    @Maaarrina 5 років тому +83

    I just want dame Maggie to be my grandma. What a treasure. The rest of the Downton cast are equally incredible.

  • @fong03
    @fong03 5 років тому +64

    Allen’s “Yes, I know” was very cute. 😆

  • @Vanasse1
    @Vanasse1 3 роки тому +5

    “Does it ever get cold up there….. on the moral high ground?”…. Brilliant!

  • @g.b569
    @g.b569 5 років тому +277

    They didn't show the best one: "What is a Weekend?"

    • @astrosfan5288
      @astrosfan5288 5 років тому +5

      I was waiting for that one lol.

    • @juttasahm3996
      @juttasahm3996 5 років тому +1

      Yes, that was great, too! And the faces of the others!!

    • @kellyhiebert6766
      @kellyhiebert6766 5 років тому +4

      I think one of the reasons why they didn't include that one is that it was a genuine reaction as in she honestly didn't know what a weekend was. Where as all the other lines are of her own creation/wit/opinion.

  • @babie4405
    @babie4405 5 років тому +312

    Maggie Smith is so iconic GOD

    • @nevergrowold53
      @nevergrowold53 5 років тому +1

      Elle est une de mes actrices favorites !

    • @zeebee9356
      @zeebee9356 5 років тому

      crying atm; She's not God and her acting is quite extraordinary but she is not an icon.

    • @nandinishankar5984
      @nandinishankar5984 5 років тому +2

      @@zeebee9356 shhh let people enjoy things

    • @晶-e6w
      @晶-e6w 5 років тому +3

      I read this comment with Jongdae’s voice in my head and now I can’t read it any other way.

    • @jehannethompson1432
      @jehannethompson1432 4 роки тому

      Zee Bee are you ok

  • @carlosgpiva
    @carlosgpiva 5 років тому +56

    Mary's boyfriend scene with Matthew on the end of season 2
    he said "I think we won't be seeing each other anymore"
    the dowager says "do you promise"
    I MEAN KMONNNNN
    this is one of the besf characters ever portraited

  • @ebriggs3498
    @ebriggs3498 5 років тому +28

    My favorite was when haughty Ian Glenn was Mary's new suitor after she had turned down Matthew. You could tell they were ill-suited for each other even though he had been knighted, and was independently wealthy. He threatens Mary by saying that he is never coming back again, and Granny says, "Oh good, is that a promise?" I love Ian Glenn and about fell off the couch laughing!

    • @valkyriesardo278
      @valkyriesardo278 2 роки тому

      Glen was asked in an interview about working with Dame Maggie. He confessed he did his best to remain under her radar. I had a whopping crush on his Jorah Mormont. That made me very unsympathetic toward Khaleesi. He was far less appealing as Mary's fiance. I had to wonder how she ever considered it.

  • @MeghanBelhumeur
    @MeghanBelhumeur 5 років тому +55

    We need more Allen Leach doing impressions of the cast!!😂

  • @ausborncurry
    @ausborncurry 5 років тому +29

    Laura Carmichael modern day hair is so dreamy! She looks stunning here

  • @rosierennie5867
    @rosierennie5867 4 роки тому +15

    My favourite Line Maggie ever uttered on Downton Abbey is "I never argue, I explain" 🤣😍🤣

  • @MichaelRe-c7q
    @MichaelRe-c7q 4 місяці тому +2

    Absolutely, she delivers in such an incredible and unmatched way.

  • @Paula_Shelton
    @Paula_Shelton 4 роки тому +9

    It’s obvious how much they love Maggie Smith. I really enjoyed this video.

  • @jackjennings1707
    @jackjennings1707 2 місяці тому +9

    RIP - a true tour de force and the epitome of class. She will be missed.

  • @maranatha323
    @maranatha323 4 роки тому +14

    I think the only time she ever panicked,
    "Sprat! You're losing you sense of the appropriate! You're losing your sense of occAAAsion!"

  • @Koujoung
    @Koujoung 5 років тому +316

    I want to see an Epic Rap Battle of History: Maggie Smith as the Dowager v/s Dianna Rigg as Olenna Tyrell. Screw Drake and Pusha, that would be a bloodbath.

    • @Vertasoie
      @Vertasoie 5 років тому +6

      OH MY GOD

    • @CJ-im2uu
      @CJ-im2uu 5 років тому +12

      Imagine Maggie facing Cersei. Tyrion would be screaming BOW TO MAGGIE, BOW!

    • @alexachipman
      @alexachipman 5 років тому

      Yes!

    • @Pdjohnners
      @Pdjohnners 5 років тому +29

      It's actually happened! They both star in 'Evil Under the Sun' as former chorus girls.
      They have some brilliant lines.
      Rigg: l could always kick my legs higher than you.
      Smith:..... And wider...
      Priceless.

    • @memorysdancer
      @memorysdancer 5 років тому +4

      @@Pdjohnners omg i was JUST about to say the exact same thing! I loved them both that movie! And the movie is brilliant And it's a Christie mystery to top it all off!

  • @susannecoolkidsgerman7989
    @susannecoolkidsgerman7989 3 роки тому +6

    One laugh after another and these three actors - love them all - said exactly what we thought and more, of course. So glad 'Tom' was kept in the show the whole time. His character really had 'some traveling' to do - great job too!

  • @Linda-bj3bb
    @Linda-bj3bb 3 роки тому +21

    Maggie knows how to be ruthlessly rude with classic style! She had me laughing all too long and often. You just can't help liking her. Her actions, her snobbery just everything about her. I want to be like her when I am in my 70's and beyond.

  • @KITTY10171
    @KITTY10171 3 роки тому +92

    Amazing how Edith was played to be the "ugly" sister when the actress herself is quite beautiful!😍

  • @dustbucketau
    @dustbucketau 5 років тому +114

    allen leech is too handsome, i can't take it

    • @markmh835
      @markmh835 5 років тому +19

      For sure! Boyishly handsome. Like a warm cupcake. One of the best looking actors working in cinema today.

    • @sheriphaff1886
      @sheriphaff1886 5 років тому

      Loved him in Rome too

    • @jenniferthorne5683
      @jenniferthorne5683 4 роки тому +1

      Yesssss! My favorite character is Tom

  • @Brain4Zombie
    @Brain4Zombie 4 роки тому +32

    "I always wanted to use that spell!"

  • @johnpickett8533
    @johnpickett8533 3 роки тому +1

    You kids are absolutely brilliant!! Every actor/actress is simply perfect.. every episode. Thank yall so much.

  • @morticiaaddamz1
    @morticiaaddamz1 4 роки тому +7

    Aw they missed my favorite!! When Sir Richard says he’s never going to see her again and she says, “Do you promise?” 😂

  • @annisyayulianti1282
    @annisyayulianti1282 2 роки тому +14

    She's the light of the show.. Can't stop laughing everytime see her act.. 😂😂

  • @clarkd1955
    @clarkd1955 3 роки тому +7

    I love you all! I love your characters and that is only because of the incredible talent of the best large cast I have ever seen. You couldn’t possibly imagine how much pleasure your performances give to your huge fan base. Thank you.

  • @debrawhited3035
    @debrawhited3035 5 років тому +49

    I am surprised they haven't done a special feature on all the "inside jokes." Like the time in season 6, Violet is talking about the fight over the hospital. She brandishes her cane, and says "en garde!" She did it just like she did when waving her Harry Potter wand! And even more obvious, Patricia Hodge, as Bertie's mother, says something is "what I would call...." Again,her 'signature line,' straight out of her role in the TV show 'Miranda.' There may be lots more that I, living in America, would not pick up on.

  • @ArjunLSen
    @ArjunLSen 3 роки тому +1

    Delightful interview. Thoroughly enjoyed meeting these fine actors again talking about their show and in particular, Lady Grantham. Absolutely top revisit for me : Downton Abbey! I can never get enough.

  • @kimson1013
    @kimson1013 3 роки тому +26

    Richard: "I'm leaving in the morning lady Grantham. I doubt we'll meet again"
    Lady Grantham: "Do you promise?"
    😭😭😭

  • @utkarshsingh1863
    @utkarshsingh1863 4 роки тому +6

    Violet's entire dialogues and her acting in the series is fabulous❤️

  • @Future-zx9ts
    @Future-zx9ts 5 років тому +6

    I mean, she’s the best. I absolutely roll every time she gives a one liner like these!

  • @rodneymaennling5963
    @rodneymaennling5963 4 роки тому +1

    You three are wonderful! Thank you for being so candid and personal. Certainly it is the gift of the professional. Rodney

  • @ZK2001-n1f
    @ZK2001-n1f 5 років тому +53

    I’m 17 and downtown abbey is my childhood haha love these guys xx

    • @KayW379
      @KayW379 5 років тому +8

      Z Otter123 I’m 19 and same 😂😂 nice to find people our age like it 😄

    • @Isaiah.2003
      @Isaiah.2003 5 років тому +5

      @@KayW379 16 but I just started it this summer. Not to bring race into it but I dont see lots of black people my age that are into it although I'm sure there are.

    • @joan6353
      @joan6353 5 років тому +6

      Same I’m 16 and downton’s one of the only series I’ve ever rewatched because I love it so much

    • @marcenalamb7294
      @marcenalamb7294 5 років тому +4

      My son is 17 and knows every character by name.

    • @iniyers6679
      @iniyers6679 5 років тому +2

      Bless you!

  • @BrandoDrum
    @BrandoDrum 3 роки тому +2

    My personal favorite was in season 1 when Matthew Crawley first comes and talks of his job. Maggie is flabbergasted at the hours - 'when do you have time to yourself' and he says "oh it's not too bad, we have off on nights and weekends" and The Dowager quickly replies "what is a weekEND?". I still quote that all the time.

  • @Fakeplant-gn3hz
    @Fakeplant-gn3hz 4 роки тому +20

    But like every line is Maggie smiths best.
    She’s just too amazing!