All Helen McCrory Quotes
- Music really influenced me when I was growing up. I did go through a Jimi Hendrix phase. My hair was naturally quite afro, and I… Afro
- When I was 14 I told my mother I intended to be in the House of Commons in the morning, in court in the afternoon… Afternoon
- I use my awards as doorsteps. Others are in the office or in little cubbyholes in our library – they go between the books, because… Actually Look
- I'm half Scottish, half Welsh and I regard red hair as perfectly ordinary. And to set the record straight, contrary to reports, he has never… Contrary
- People who are exceptionally intelligent are often lonely because there are few people as intelligent as them. I have two little children, and everyone says:… Academia
- A script is only as good as the director who's making it. Director
- Actually, I'm looking forward to being 50. Because to me, that's when a woman is at the pinnacle of her femininity and her womanhood. Femininity
- America is such a nation of suppressed emotion, and when you arrive in L.A., you can smell the fear. It's the most alien country I've… Alien
- As I've got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn't want to tamper with it. Body
- Every time, at any point of my life, I think now is always the best age to be. Age
- I can sleep anywhere! I can come off stage during the interval of a play, lie down for four minutes then wake up feeling better. Anywhere
- I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it. Bathed
- I listen to Radio 4 all the time. I didn't go to university, so that's my further education. All
- I love London, and it's a privilege for my children to grow up here. Children
- I spent my teenage years in Paris when my dad was stationed there, and I'd look at women in their forties and think, 'That's the… Age
- I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of. Change
- I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'. Actor
- I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it. Appreciate
- I was a real art freak when I was a teenager. Art
- I was lucky to learn early in life that you need money for food and shelter, but there's no ambition in having money in the… Ambition