I learned quite early on in life that we are all two people. And one of those people none of us will ever know. Helen Mirren More Quotes by Helen Mirren More Quotes From Helen Mirren You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of decision are so difficult. Helen Mirren choices mistake writing I still have a Gypsy sense of adventure. I don't think I have slept in the same bed for more than three or four months my whole life. I am always planting vegetables that I never get to eat and flowers that I never see flower. I have always moved around the world. Helen Mirren flower adventure thinking The trick in life is learning how to deal with it. Helen Mirren tricks deals life-is When I was about 25, I went to a hand reader, this Indian guy in a funky neighborhood. He said: The height of your success won't happen until you're in your late 40s. Helen Mirren guy age hands I think every woman in our culture is a feminist. They may refuse to articulate it, but if you were to take any woman back 40 years and say, 'Is this a world you want to live in?' They would say, 'No.' Helen Mirren feminist years thinking Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be. Helen Mirren vagabonds rogues actors I am so happy that I didn't have children. Well, you know, because I've had freedom. Helen Mirren wells knows children English actors feel vaguely apologetic for being there at all. American actors know that the most important thing is to get one take out of fifty that is great, and they'll go to any length to get it. The English are used to working within consistently small, low-budget things and think, I mustn't waste their time. Helen Mirren actors important thinking In Shakespeare's day it was women who were being burned at the stake as witches... not men. The men were thought of as alchemists. But women doing the same thing would be a witch and would be burned. Helen Mirren alchemist would-be men Nothing is quite so emotional and passionate as what goes on inside of a family. People are driven to distraction by a father or a mother or a husband. Or a child. Helen Mirren husband mother children I feel the written word, poetry and literature is just one of the most beautiful things that human beings do. So we have to fight for it. Helen Mirren fighting literature beautiful I'm a would-be rebel. The good girl who'd like to be a bad one. Helen Mirren good-girl rebel girl I don't know who I am. But I do know who I'm not. I have occasionally tried playing people I'm definitely not, and that wasn't a very pleasant experience. Helen Mirren pleasant who-i-am people There's nothing sexy about doing a nude scene. It's rather uncomfortable. I like dressing up rather than dressing down. Helen Mirren dressing-up sexy scene Being me right now is sort of amazing. Helen Mirren being-me right-now I am British. I love Britain for all its faults and all its virtues. My husband is American and I am largely based in Los Angeles, but whenever someone asks me where home is, I automatically say 'London.' Helen Mirren london husband home Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that about a three-year-old. It infantilises women. Helen Mirren hate strong character I'd like to see a much more open Monarchy, myself. I used to think they were completely useless and we should get rid of them. I don't necessarily feel that way anymore. I'm still ambivalent, I still loathe the British class system, and the Royal family are the apex of the British class system. Helen Mirren class-system royal thinking I've always been battling against my sense of dignity and refinement. I was embarrassed by any bodily functions when I was younger. I could never even blow my nose. Helen Mirren dignity blow noses People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out. Helen Mirren character people interesting
