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" The only time I ever spend alone is when I am working or when my husband is away filming. I put the kids to bed and have an hour and a half in the evening for myself. "

Helen McCrory

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I Am

" I was a real art freak when I was a teenager. "

" When I was 14, I told my mother I intended to be in the House of Commons in the morning, in court in the afternoon and on stage in the evening. She realised then a fantasist had been born. "

" I think I was brought up with an innate sense of responsibility because my dad was in the Foreign Office where you were in somebody else's country, and you were aware of your behaviour. And my mum worked for the NHS, so you were aware of your responsibility to your country. "

" Actually, I'm looking forward to being 50. Because to me, that's when a woman is at the pinnacle of her femininity and her womanhood. "

Helen McCrory

Her

Looking Forward

" What interests me about life most is people, and the why of the world. That's what theatre looks at: it examines life, and gives it a cohesiveness that life doesn't have. "

" I can sleep anywhere! I can come off stage during the interval of a play, lie down for four minutes then wake up feeling better. "

" My own parents were very un-neurotic, so I never thought that I had to change enormously in order to become a parent. "

" What really matters to me is what my peers think. "

Helen McCrory

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Think

" People who are exceptionally intelligent are often lonely because there are few people as intelligent as them. I have two little children, and everyone says: 'I hope they're doing well in school. I hope they're bright.' And I think: 'Why would anyone want their children to be the brightest?' Academia is a lonely world. "

" You can be moved by a performance on set, but when you see it on screen, it does nothing. Yet there will be someone you simply didn't notice on set that on screen: bam! "

" I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of. "

" I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of 'Performance' called 'The Entertainer' with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice. "

" People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals. "

" Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful - that's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie. "

" Every time, at any point of my life, I think now is always the best age to be. "

" I love London, and it's a privilege for my children to grow up here. "

" I really love my food. My favourite thing is artichokes. I am not so much interested in desserts or chocolate, though. I also like to cook with my husband Damian. "

" Working in films, there are hundreds of odd moments. "

" I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'. "

" America is such a nation of suppressed emotion, and when you arrive in L.A., you can smell the fear. It's the most alien country I've ever been to. "

" I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realised I was in it. "

" The benefits of feminism for someone like my husband are fantastic. He can stay at home with the kids, he can take them to a park, he does the school run. "

" I listen to Radio 4 all the time. I didn't go to university, so that's my further education. "

Helen McCrory

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Education

" I love dressing up. But I'm very low-maintenance; the week before an event, I'll choose something as quickly as possible and that's that. If I can do my own hair and make-up, even better. I like it to be fun. "

" So often when you meet child actors, they're weird - they're freaks. No, I mean it, they're really odd people. "

" If you're constantly frightened of being unhappy, how bloody exhausting must that be? "

" It's what people create that makes my heart stop. "

" I was very lucky. I left college, and Richard Eyre was in charge of the National Theatre. I was offered the lead in 'The Seagull' with no experience and went on to do five plays there. "

" If you think you are beautiful in a scene, you will come across as beautiful. I don't think looks are important; I think what's important is if someone is sexy. "