I always feel when you work with an artist and whenever I work with a really good photographer, I try to give him or her their own artistic freedom because that's the way you get the best work or at least the most interesting work. Helen Mirren More Quotes by Helen Mirren More Quotes From Helen Mirren People often ask me whether I prefer theater or film, and the answer is that I prefer the one I'm not doing: The grass is always greener. Helen Mirren filmanswerspeople The poor Oscars - they always get slammed in the press. Helen Mirren pressesoscarspoor Wherever I am in the world, if I get free time when I'm filming I always hire a car, take to the road, drive for miles and explore. Helen Mirren milescarworld Working away from my husband for long periods is good and bad. It stops us taking each other for granted and gives us space, but I miss him terribly. Helen Mirren husbandspacelong I was part of the first generation of girls and women to be educated and go to grammar school even if we didn't have much money. Then that generation went, 'OK, great', and went into medicine or the police, and hit this wall of discrimination from older men who hadn't caught up. Helen Mirren wallgirlschool Painters hate having to explain what their work is about. They always say, 'It's whatever you want it to be' - because I think that's their intention, to connect with each person's subconscious, and not to try and dictate. Helen Mirren hatetryingthinking There is that awful moment when you realize that you're falling in love. That should be the most joyful moment, and actually it's not. It's always a moment that's full of fear because you know, as night follows day, the joy is going to rapidly be followed by some pain or other. All the angst of a relationship. Helen Mirren falling-in-lovepainnight 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 because being young is such a specific thing. Thank God for that. Thank God for the young people who go out and demonstrate against rampant capitalism or whatever. Helen Mirren thank-godtryingpeople I am in a fabulously lucky position in that I get to wear beautiful, beautiful gowns for functions, which I can then give back. That way, they're not sitting in my wardrobe with me looking at them and feeling guilty. I love that, and I think when people have a fabulous function to go to, I'd recommend renting. Helen Mirren beautifulpeoplethinking I have to say, without sounding like a total tosser, that everything I've learned in life, and that has taken me out of my natural interior life, has been with men. They exposed me to things that I wasn't aware of. I learned from all the guys. Helen Mirren guytakenmen I'm not a republican any more. Not so voraciously anyway - I'm not in favour of the concept of monarchy, but I do see the good in it if there's a good person in the role. Helen Mirren favourrepublicanroles It'll be the Internet and piracy that will kill film. There's a philosophy that the Internet should be free, but the reality is that piracy will destroy the film industry and film as an art form because it's expensive to make a movie. Maybe you'll have funky little independent movies, and it'll go back and then start up again some other way. Helen Mirren independentphilosophyart My parents believed in education and economic security, and I thank them for it. Because I think that's part of what's made my life stable. It was instilled in me. You have to be able to pay your bills. You do not get into debt. And I never have been. Helen Mirren debtparentthinking 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 needs women. Helen Mirren spyrolesneeds 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 young person. That's followed, of course, by the realisation that you're actually the oldest person in the room. Helen Mirren scarysuccessfulrooms 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 impatientlittlessometimes I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.' Helen Mirren awardsqueensyears Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That's the fun of them. You're always learning. Helen Mirren always-learninggardeningfun I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous. Helen Mirren gorgeousstarskind People with Parkinson's are not some weird people on the edge of human experience. Helen Mirren parkinsonshuman-experiencepeople
