The hot line: Maggie Smith on aging on 'Downton Abbey'

March 7, 2015 at 8:00PM
In this image released by PBS, Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess Grantham, is shown in a scene from the second season on "Downton Abbey." (AP Photo/PBS, Carnival Film & Television Limited 2011 for MASTERPIECE, Nick Briggs) ORG XMIT: NYET321
In this image released by PBS, Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess Grantham, is shown in a scene from the second season on "Downton Abbey." (AP Photo/PBS, Carnival Film & Television Limited 2011 for MASTERPIECE, Nick Briggs) ORG XMIT: NYET321 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

« I MEAN, [MY CHARACTER] CERTAINLY CAN'T KEEP GOING. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I MUST BE 110 BY NOW. »

Maggie Smith, 80, to the Times of London, about Lady Violet on "Downton Abbey"

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