A Quote by Miriam Margolyes

If I could give my younger self one piece of advice, I would say, 'Lose weight.' — © Miriam Margolyes
If I could give my younger self one piece of advice, I would say, 'Lose weight.'
If someone had to lose weight, I would tell that person to lose weight. Lose some weight, why can't you take care of yourself. When I say this, the person might think, 'Look who's talking,' but I would reply, 'I'm a boy and you're a girl.'
I don't think I could give advice to my younger self because she probably wouldn't listen.
If I could give you only one advice, I would say: Don't identify with anything. Be completely empty - no one. Be no-body and see if you lose anything but delusion.
I hate mirrors; every time I look in one I see things that could be improved. If I could give my younger self any advice it would be: ‘Take a deep breath, the world is not ending – and do something with your hair.’ I had the same haircut from when I was a toddler all the way through high school, it was this weird side-parting. I didn’t like change.
I would only give one piece of advice which I followed myself. Somewhere down the line don't lose yourself. Just be what you are. Don't try to be a different person.
If I had to give one piece of advice to a budding entrepreneur, I would say: 'Aim big.'
If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'
If I could give my younger self some advice at that time, I'd tell her to enjoy the ride and don't be afraid to ask questions. I was quite responsible, uptight, and worried - I'd tell myself to chill out.
If I were to talk to my younger self, I would say, 'Girl, you're gonna be on Broadway one day.' I sometimes think about my younger self knowing that and how ridiculously she's sobbing somewhere, so I would love to tell her that it's all going to happen.
The advice I'd give to my younger self? Stay in your own lane, maybe.
If I could give one piece of advice, it would be 'If you're angry with a family member, talk to God about it, not the other members of your family.'
When Denzel [Washington] first called me on the phone after we'd just done a reading of the film ["Fences"]. He said, "Oh Viola it was so good, wasn't it?! I'm gonna tell Russell [Hornsby] to lose a little bit of weight and..." I was just sitting there thinking, why is he calling me? And I told him, "Denzel don't you tell me to lose weight!" He said, "I'm not telling you to lose weight! I can't believe you would say that."
I was raised to be self-conscious about weight. Then as I got older and started doing television, it became a career issue, like, 'You have to lose weight or you'll lose that job.'
If I could give my 14-year-old self any advice it would be to look after your hair. Don't mess with it!
If I were to give one piece of advice, I would say to never accept anything that you hear or see at face value. As a general rule of thumb, then the more you question, the better.
The advice I would've given my younger self is, 'Be patient; just hold on.'
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