Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit… — 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
Once a film gets into production, the actors sometimes begin to have more input than a writer does. — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Where you grew up becomes a big part of who you are for the rest of your life. You can't run away… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Fear can be one of the most destructive emotions. It is, of course, also very important, in that fear sometimes stops you… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I don't believe that if you do good, good things will happen. Everything is completely accidental and random. Sometimes bad things happen… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Sometimes nudity is sexy. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes being clothed is more sexy than being nude. — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Sometimes nudity is sexy. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes being clothed is more sexy than being nude. I think people tend to get… — 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