I don't know who I am. But I do know who I'm not. I have occasionally tried playing people I'm definitely not,… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Love thy neighbor is difficult. That's why everybody - wars, you know. It's the hardest. And it's the most important. And respect… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I became an actress because I discovered the world of the imagination when I was about 14 or so and the concept… — 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
Americans are very good at animating voices. I don't know why. They have a freedom with them that we British actors find… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I am so happy that I didn't have children. Well, you know, because I've had freedom. — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Los Angeles is Hollywood and Hollywood is Hollywood Blvd. It's the first thing you want to see. It's the only thing really… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
English actors feel vaguely apologetic for being there at all. American actors know that the most important thing is to get one… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
You know, he [Alan Rickman] played these very reserved, sometimes-cold, sometimes-threatening characters on the screen, but the reality of the man was… — 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
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 Image
I'm not strong-willed, actually. I'm a complete pushover. I love to be told what to do. — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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