Art Quotes by Helen Mirren

8 Art quotes by Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren’s seasoned presence informs her brief observations on art. Across eight lines she imparts a dignified, nuanced view that reflects a lifetime of artistic encounters.

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I don't mind being sexy, but on my terms. To this day, I love sexuality. I love the art of sexuality. I…

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I always feel when you work with an artist and whenever I work with a really good photographer, I try to give…

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I think it's always hard for people to get their head around the fact that populist, commercial films can also actually be…

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The timing of comedy is so difficult. You've got to leave room for a laugh, you don't want to kill the laugh,…

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I love photography and I love the art of photography. So when I'm working with high-level art photographers, I give them artistic…

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Ill-informed intuition is fantastic - it's what great art is. So really old painters or writers or actors are brilliant, because they've…

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I love photography, and I love the art of photography.

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It'll be the Internet and piracy that will kill film. There's a philosophy that the Internet should be free, but the reality…

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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…

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I'm not strong-willed, actually. I'm a complete pushover. I love to be told what to do.

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I think of myself as being a bit of a wimp deep down - a bourgeois wimp - and I'm fighting that. I think…

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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…

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When I was doing Shakespeare and I had spent a lot of time and effort in trying to become a great Shakespearean actress. That…

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I always tell my husband, That's it, I quit, I've done all I wanted, and he's just like, Yeah, yeah. Sure.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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People with Parkinson's are not some weird people on the edge of human experience.

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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…

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