Quotes by Helen Mirren

About Helen Mirren:

Dame Helen Lydia Mirren is an English actor. Mirren began her acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967, and is one of the few performers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, having won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2007, after two previous nominations, for her performance as Elizabeth II in The Queen. In 2015 she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, after two previous nominations, for her performance in The Audience, in which she also portrayed Elizabeth II. The Audience was written by Peter Morgan, who also wrote The Queen. Mirren won her first of several Emmy Awards in 1993 for her performance as police detective Jane Tennison on the acclaimed ITV series Prime Suspect, which ran for a total of seven seasons from 1991 to 2006.
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I remember thinking, when I was in my early 30s, that this is the best age to be, and I still believe your 30s are a wonderful time.

Helen Mirren

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 never alone in that role - you are always surrounded by security.

Helen Mirren

I love photography, and I love the art of photography.

Helen Mirren

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 ha...

Helen Mirren

I think it's always hard for people to get their head around the fact that populist, commercial films can also actually be great works of art.

Helen Mirren

I do think it's well over-time to have a female Doctor Who. I think a gay, black female Doctor Who would be the best of all.

Helen Mirren

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. Think of the story, the character, the worlds we're in, and forget everything else.

Helen Mirren

Fresh from a costume fitting, where I had been posing in front of the mirror assuming what I thought was a strong position - arms folded, butch-looking...you know - I met with the woman in charge of Holloway police station. She gave me the most inval...

Helen Mirren

People with Parkinson's are not some weird people on the edge of human experience.

Helen Mirren

I believe kids shouldn't be taught Shakespeare. They should experience it first by seeing a great production.

Helen Mirren

I am so happy that I didn't have children. Well, you know, because I've had freedom. And I've so loved my freedom.

Helen Mirren

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 fam...

Helen Mirren

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

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 learn to live with the bits you don't like.

Helen Mirren

I'm not a communist, of course. But I do think that everything is down to economics. Capitalism doesn't change.

Helen Mirren

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

Humor in a relationship is so important. Many women will say that. Some say, 'If they can make you laugh, it's the sexiest thing on earth.'

Helen Mirren

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

My dad's Russian. My mother's English. I would say my bottom half is Russian.

Helen Mirren

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

Author Bio

  • NameHelen Mirren
  • DescriptionBritish actress
  • AliasesDame Helen Lydia Mirren
  • BornJuly 26, 1945
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Actor; Voice Actor
  • AwardsList Of Awards And Nominations Received By Helen Mirren; Academy Award For Best Actress; Dame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire