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" Sometimes nudity is sexy. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes being clothed is more sexy than being nude. "
Helen Mirren
Sexy
Being
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" When you're young and beautiful, you're paranoid and miserable. "
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You
" Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That's the fun of them. You're always learning. "
Helen Mirren
Fun
You
Learning
" 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! "
Helen Mirren
Hard Work
Good
Believe
" There is that awful moment when you realize that you're falling in love. That should be the most joyful moment, and actually it's not. It's always a moment that's full of fear because you know, as night follows day, the joy is going to rapidly be followed by some pain or other. All the angst of a relationship. "
Helen Mirren
Relationship
Moment
Day
" The whole thing of clothes is insane. You can spend a dollar on a jacket in a thrift store. And you can spend a thousand dollars on a jacket in a shop. And if you saw those two jackets walking down the street, you probably wouldn't know which was which. "
Helen Mirren
Walking
You
Two
" The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership. "
Helen Mirren
Great
Marriage
Partnerships
" There isn't a King Lear for women, or a Henry V, or a Richard III. You reach a level where you can handle that stuff technically and mentally, and it's not there. "
Helen Mirren
King
Level
Reach
" 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. "
Helen Mirren
Love
Dream
Think
" 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. "
Helen Mirren
Never
Economics
Intention
" Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be. "
Helen Mirren
Ought
Rogues
" 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 like, 'Yeah, yeah. Sure.' "
Helen Mirren
Say
Done
Husband
" When you're young, you wonder what all these old people are droning on about, trying to impart their wisdom. It's not relevant to you because being young is such a specific thing. Thank God for that. Thank God for the young people who go out and demonstrate against rampant capitalism or whatever. "
Helen Mirren
Thank God
God
People
" Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite. "
Helen Mirren
Little
Patience
Sometimes
" I don't throw a lot of parties. I find throwing parties a bit intimidating. "
Helen Mirren
Bit
Find
Intimidating
" 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. "
Helen Mirren
Decision
Story
Choices
" 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. "
Helen Mirren
I Am
I Can
Live
" 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. "
Helen Mirren
Movies
Great
Over
" 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
Children
Freedom
Happy
" There's no good way to waste your time. Wasting time is just wasting time. "
Helen Mirren
Time
Way
Wasting Time
" 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. "
Helen Mirren
See
Republican
Good
" I learned quite early on in life that we are all two people. And one of those people none of us will ever know. "
Helen Mirren
People
Life
Two People
" 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. "
Helen Mirren
You
Look
People
" I was never a left-winger, actually. I was a pretend left-winger because it was more interesting than being a right-winger. "
Helen Mirren
Pretend
Never
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" I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.' "
Helen Mirren
Acting
Awards
Queen
" Flesh sells. People don't want to see pictures of churches. They want to see naked bodies. "
Helen Mirren
Pictures
See
Want
" I prefer the finesse of French humour. English humour is more scathing, more cruel, as illustrated by Monty Python and Little Britain. "
Helen Mirren
Cruel
Humour
Little
" 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
Well
Gay
Think
" 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. "
Helen Mirren
You
Seems
Nothing
" I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous. "
Helen Mirren
Kind
Never
Star
" My dad's Russian. My mother's English. I would say my bottom half is Russian. "
Helen Mirren
Bottom
Mother
English