I was part of the first generation of girls and women to be educated and go to grammar school even if we didn't have much money. Then that generation went, 'OK, great', and went into medicine or the police, and… — 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 propaganda is a very valuable tool. It can also demonize, which is the dangerous side of a war film as propaganda. But there are war films that are not propaganda. It's just saying 'This is what… — 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 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
