British - Actress | July 26, 1945 -
There's nothing sexy about doing a nude scene. It's rather uncomfortable. I like dressing up rather than dressing down.
Helen Mirren
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I think of myself as being a bit of a wimp deep down - a bourgeois wimp - and I'm fighting that. I think all Brits are, maybe.
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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 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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Girls go out together to see a chick flick or something. I loathe, I hate, chick flicks.
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I love photography, and I love the art of photography.
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Where you grew up becomes a big part of who you are for the rest of your life. You can't run away from that. Well, sometimes the running away from it is what makes you who you are.
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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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Any role that's proactive is a great role, and action roles are by their very nature proactive. You get to do stuff. I hate sitting in a corner - I'd much prefer an action role in a popcorn movie rather than pining in a corner not doing anything.
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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 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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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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