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Helen Mirren
When you do a voice in an animated film, you don’t see the finished product at all. You’re not animating. You’re not doing the voice…
When women get great roles in life, they start to get great roles in films and TV. Look at Janet Reno, Madeleine Albright, and Mrs.…
When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn’t sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence Olivier,…
They’re called ‘action scenes’ because they do the acting for you. You don’t have to act in action scenes. The action does it all for…
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.…
I think we all have a dream of what it would be like not to work and grow heirloom tomatoes, and I do have that…
It’s a mystery, that thing about chemistry, because often people who hate each other in real life and hate each other on the set have…
I can’t say ‘no’ to an interesting role. I always tell my husband, ‘That’s it, I quit, I’ve done all I wanted,’ and he’s just…
I am quite spiritual. I believed in the fairies when I was a child. I still do sort of believe in the fairies. And the…
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…
I’ve always found as an actress that the best thing to do in film or TV or theater is just to lose yourself in it.…
At the time of the Silver Jubilee, I was a grumpy anti-monarchist. I didn’t celebrate and was appalled by the celebrations. In my idiocy, I…
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…
I don’t think it’s good to try and change anyone. The trick and the mystery – of relationships and life in general – is to…
I couldn’t handle the rules the Queen has to live by at all, and very few of us could. It’s a golden cage, really. You’re…
I believe in meditation – it’s a good tool to centre yourself, but unfortunately, I’m too lazy to do it. It’s very hard work, and…
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…
American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it’s full of energy and full of…
I always love working with young actors, because there’s always something to learn. It’s always exciting to see the next generation and how they approach…
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…
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