When I was doing Shakespeare and I had spent a lot of time and effort in trying to become a great Shakespearean… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
There's no good way to waste your time. Wasting time is just wasting time. — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I remember thinking, when I was in my early 30s, that this is the best age to be, and I still believe… — 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
Wherever I am in the world, if I get free time when I'm filming I always hire a car, take to the… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
There is that awful moment when you realize that you're falling in love. That should be the most joyful moment, and actually… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
At the time of the Silver Jubilee, I was a grumpy anti-monarchist. I didn't celebrate and was appalled by the celebrations. In… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
There's a scary moment when you realise you're no longer the youngest person in the room. Especially if you've been a successful… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I've not won different awards - many, many times - so luckily I've practiced that whenever you are nominated for anything, you… — 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
