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" I think a lot of my work has been a weird attempt to liberate myself, but it's not altogether successful. "
Helen Mirren
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" I resent having witnessed the survival of some very mediocre male actors and the professional demise of the very brilliant female ones. "
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" 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 dream. It would be lovely. I do love gardening and all of that, but I do love my work. "
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" When you're young and beautiful, you're paranoid and miserable. "
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" 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 great chemistry on the screen. And people who love each other in real life and love each other on the set have absolutely no chemistry whatsoever. "
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" 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.' "
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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 believe kids shouldn't be taught Shakespeare. They should experience it first by seeing a great production. "
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" 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 commitment. And as a British actor, we have to kind of learn that. "
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" The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings of our lives. "
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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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" I'm not a communist, of course. But I do think that everything is down to economics. Capitalism doesn't change. "
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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 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.' "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Flesh sells. People don't want to see pictures of churches. They want to see naked bodies. "
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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 was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous. "
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" 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. "
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" The trick in life is learning how to deal with it. "
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" People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out. "
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" You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that. "
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" 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. "
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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 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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" 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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" 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. "
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" I don't get to play the same role over and over in different movies. The roles that I get to play are quite varied, which is great. "
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" I love photography, and I love the art of photography. "
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" It's so hard when you're young to look at older people and understand that they have been where you are. It's the weirdest thing. You just can't get your head around that, can you? You can't get your head around the fact that someone who is 60 was once 16, if you're 16. But the fact is they have been, and they remember it. "
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