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. Helen McCrory More Quotes by Helen McCrory More Quotes From Helen McCrory I love London, and it's a privilege for my children to grow up here. Helen McCrory growing-up london children 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 bank for the sake of it! Helen McCrory lucky ambition needs I was a real art freak when I was a teenager. Helen McCrory teenager real art I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it. Helen McCrory appreciate film theatre I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of Performance called The Entertainer with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice. Helen McCrory episodes television firsts To be honest, my husband and my children are my best friends. Helen McCrory my-best-friend husband children What really matters to me is what my peers think. Helen McCrory peers matter thinking I use my awards as doorsteps. Others are in the office or in little cubbyholes in our library – they go between the books, because they actually look like arty pieces Helen McCrory awards office book 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 and on stage in the evening. She realised then a fantasist had been born. Helen McCrory mother house morning 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 wore low-slung jeans with very high heels. Siouxsie and the Banshees had a lot to answer for. I was in a top hat with peacock feathers and thigh-high black boots. I was 17 -- old enough to know better. Helen McCrory growing-up high-heels hair 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 ever been to. Helen McCrory smell country america 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 want to be.' Helen McCrory teenage dad thinking Appallingly, I hadn't thought about it one jot. I never daydreamed as a little girl of getting married and having children. I was as surprised to discover I was getting married as I was to discover I was up the duff. Helen McCrory never thought girl children I was very lucky. I left college, and Richard Eyre was in charge of the National Theatre. I was offered the lead in 'The Seagull' with no experience and went on to do five plays there. Helen McCrory experience theatre lucky college You can be moved by a performance on set, but when you see it on screen, it does nothing. Yet there will be someone you simply didn't notice on set that on screen: bam! Helen McCrory nothing performance someone you The benefits of feminism for someone like my husband are fantastic. He can stay at home with the kids, he can take them to a park, he does the school run. Helen McCrory someone husband home school I think I was brought up with an innate sense of responsibility because my dad was in the Foreign Office where you were in somebody else's country, and you were aware of your behaviour. And my mum worked for the NHS, so you were aware of your responsibility to your country. Helen McCrory think you dad responsibility I love dressing up. But I'm very low-maintenance; the week before an event, I'll choose something as quickly as possible and that's that. If I can do my own hair and make-up, even better. I like it to be fun. Helen McCrory better hair fun love Literature is reflecting what is happening in life. More and more women are having relationships with younger men. It's partly that women are not losing their figures now. Helen McCrory women losing men life If you think you are beautiful in a scene, you will come across as beautiful. I don't think looks are important; I think what's important is if someone is sexy. Helen McCrory think you sexy beautiful
