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" Flesh sells. People don't want to see pictures of churches. They want to see naked bodies. "
Helen Mirren
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" I'll tell you what me scares me is plastic. Plastic bags and plastic bottles and these things. Why does my water have to be in a bloody plastic bottle? The landfill and the ocean. And I don't know, I'm just terrified with the proliferation of plastic. "
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" I have no maternal instinct whatsoever. Motherhood holds no interest for me. "
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" My dad's Russian. My mother's English. I would say my bottom half is Russian. "
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" When you're young and beautiful, you're paranoid and miserable. "
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" 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 you. It's great. "
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" I met with Hitchcock when I was a very, very young actress just starting out and he was making 'Frenzy' in London and I was sent along to meet with him. He was very, very unimpressed with me and I have to say, I was rather unimpressed with him - but only because I was an arrogant, ignorant young actress. "
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" There's no good way to waste your time. Wasting time is just wasting time. "
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" There's nothing sexy about doing a nude scene. It's rather uncomfortable. I like dressing up rather than dressing down. "
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" 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. "
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" 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 prefer to watch 'Nothing To Declare' on TV! "
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" I was never a left-winger, actually. I was a pretend left-winger because it was more interesting than being a right-winger. "
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" 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. "
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" It was never my intention to marry anybody. Economics are basically the only reason to get married, but I'm very glad I did it. "
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" I can't help being Christian because I was brought up in Britain, and the morality of Christianity is part of the fabric of this country. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I am not too keen on my nose, I don't like my knees, I hate my ankles, I am unsure about my behind, I don't like my legs at all. I am not too sure about my chin, my forehead is a bit dodgy. But, overall, I can live with it. "
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" I love men that love women. Morgan Freeman, who I worked with on 'RED,' was very flattering to me. But he is flattering to all women. He is a woman-charmer. "
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" 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. "
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" Sometimes nudity is sexy. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes being clothed is more sexy than being nude. "
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" I'm not an impersonator. I'm a lousy impersonator, actually. "
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" Parkinson's is a slow but inevitable process. It's hard living with it on a daily basis. The difficulty facing people with it is that they never quite know 'Can I or can't I do this today?' "
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" Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That's the fun of them. You're always learning. "
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" Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be. "
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" 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 missed out! I feel completely differently now compared with that time. "
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" When you're 16, 30 seems ancient. When you're 30, 45 seems ancient. When you're 45, 60 seems ancient. When you're 60, nothing seems ancient. "
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" I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous. "
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" 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. Thatcher. Because those images are coming at us in life, they are reflected in acting. "
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