With quips like, “Principles are like prayers.
According toThe Guardian, Smith told60 Minutes, “I’ve never actually seen it.
I don’t sit down and watch it.
No, I’ve never watched it.”
And, the Countess is the subject of countlessmemesonline a true sign of superstardom if there ever was one.
So why is it then that Dame Maggie Smith has never watched an episode ofDownton Abbey?
In her words to60 Minutes, “… because it’s frustrating.”
Smith elaborated on the topic toMindfoodin 2019, revealing that her concerns are based in fear.
She told the outlet, “I really don’t like to watch myself I hate it.
I’ll change that, alter that…', but with cinema it is there forever.”
However, at85 years old, Dame Maggie Smith seems to be at peace with her self-criticism.
