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maggie smith who plays my favorite character on harry potter, professor mcgonagall, is showing impressive strength in the completion of filming the movie while battling cancer.
here's what she has to say on the matter:
"The cancer was hideous. It takes the wind out of your sails and I don’t know what the future holds, if anything. You feel so ghastly, you wouldn’t mind dying a lot of the time...The last couple of years have been a write-off, though I’m beginning to feel like a person now. My energy is coming back. Shit happens. I ought to pull myself together a bit.”

{quote via perez hilton; photo via google images}