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: 'I hope they're doing well in school. I hope they're bright.' And I think: why would anyone want their children to be the brightest? Academia is a lonely world.

Helen McCrory

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I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it.

golden life-is wonderful

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.

pinnacle femininity looking-forward

It's what people create that makes my heart stop. by Helen McCrory

It's what people create that makes my heart stop.

my-heart heart people

I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome.

grandmother skills decision

I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realized I was in it.

film talking people

People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

individual together people

A script is only as good as the director who's making it. by Helen McCrory

A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

scripts directors

Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful, That's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.

cameras theatre lying

I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing t... by Helen McCrory

I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of.

change-is-good frightened thinking

Every time, at any point of my life, I think now is always the be... by Helen McCrory

Every time, at any point of my life, I think now is always the best age to be.

age thinking

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'.

growing-up people thinking

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 referred to himself as the 'Ginger Ninja'.

records ordinary hair

Working in films, there are hundreds of odd moments. by Helen McCrory

Working in films, there are hundreds of odd moments.

film odd moments

So often when you meet child actors, they're weird - they're freaks. No, I mean it, they're really odd people.

mean children people

As I've got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn't... by Helen McCrory

As I've got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn't want to tamper with it.

body want feels

My own parents were very un-neurotic, so I never thought that I had to change enormously in order to become a parent.

neurotic parent order

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.

feel-better sleep lying

If you're constantly frightened of being unhappy, how bloody exha... by Helen McCrory

If you're constantly frightened of being unhappy, how bloody exhausting must that be?

bloody frightened unhappy

I listen to Radio 4 all the time. I didn't go to university, so t... by Helen McCrory

I listen to Radio 4 all the time. I didn't go to university, so that's my further education.

further-education university radio

I've become more confident as I have got older. I care less what... by Helen McCrory

I've become more confident as I have got older. I care less what others think.

i-care care thinking