I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous. — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
As an actor, those are the roles that you long for. You always want something that's going to kick your last role… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I've always found as an actress that the best thing to do in film or TV or theater is just to lose… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I certainly think that he [Alan Rickman] was a kind of actor who needed to grow into his maturity to realize the… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to engage in the world of the imagination, but it was not economically feasible for me to study… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Acting is acting, but acting is different in almost always every project, and very, very different in this context. — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Writers can get very angry when an actor says, "I don't know, I don't feel very comfortable with this line." Sometimes though,… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.' — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor.… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
With that incredible voice that he [Alan Rickman] could play like a sort of wonderful instrument, like a cello or something. He… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
My fear of drama school is that the natural extraordinary but eccentric talent sometimes can't find its place in a drama school.… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I always love working with young actors, because there's always something to learn. It's always exciting to see the next generation and… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
You know, some actors, all of their potential is in their youth, and when that passes, their qualities of as an actor… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
When you do a voice in an animated film, you don't see the finished product at all. You're not animating. You're not doing the… — Helen Mirren Copy Share
I'm not strong-willed, actually. I'm a complete pushover. I love to be told what to do. — Helen Mirren Copy Share
I think of myself as being a bit of a wimp deep down - a bourgeois wimp - and I'm fighting that. I think… — Helen Mirren Copy Share
It's never been confirmed that Elizabeth I was a virgin. It's like the Virgin Mary - it's about branding, a logo. To use a… — Helen Mirren Copy Share
When I was doing Shakespeare and I had spent a lot of time and effort in trying to become a great Shakespearean actress. That… — Helen Mirren Copy Share
I always tell my husband, That's it, I quit, I've done all I wanted, and he's just like, Yeah, yeah. Sure. — Helen Mirren Copy Share
Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite. — Helen Mirren Copy Share
A war film can be propaganda and they're very valuable as propaganda, as we realized in Britain in the Second World War. Film as… — Helen Mirren Copy Share
It was never my intention to marry anybody. Economics are basically the only reason to get married, but I'm very glad I did it. — Helen Mirren Copy Share
You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that. — Helen Mirren Copy Share
When you're young, you wonder what all these old people are droning on about, trying to impart their wisdom. It's not relevant to you… — Helen Mirren Copy Share
The role of women has always been undervalued in the spy world, always undermined in terms of recognition. Unfairly so. It's a world that… — Helen Mirren Copy Share
I always love working with young actors, because there's always something to learn. It's always exciting to see the next generation and how they… — Helen Mirren Copy Share
People with Parkinson's are not some weird people on the edge of human experience. — Helen Mirren Copy Share
My fear of drama school is that the natural extraordinary but eccentric talent sometimes can't find its place in a drama school. And often… — Helen Mirren Copy Share
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