Helen Mirren Quotes

I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion - not necessarily when I'm expecting it. You just have to cope with it - take it on the chin and work through it, trying to use the adrenalin to perform.

Helen Mirren

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: July 26, 1945

Topics

WorkFearBeginningNightSickYou

As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in TV I was offered a whole spectrum of parts.

Sophie Okonedo

FriendBestBest FriendBlackRole

Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control.

Tom Perrotta

WritingControlYouNothingDirector

No, I am not interested in women or sex or anything.

Jonny Greenwood

WomenI AmSexAnythingInterested

My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days.

Chita Rivera

ShoppingNothingDaysHairdresser

The thing about me is that I love variety. I like to try new things, and I don't want to be pinned back.

Anton du Beke

LoveNew ThingsMeBackNewWant

A lot of people judge others too quickly without actually knowing the full facts or the actual real person.

Ashley Cole

PeopleFactsJudgePersonKnowing

I think I can deceive people. I'm like, the nice, sweet girl when you meet me. And I don't have any bad intentions. But I'm a bad girl too.

Alicia Silverstone

GirlPeopleMeSweetThinkYou

I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize that maybe what I was writing was worth reading to people. After that, for some reason, I turned to novels and I've written mainly novels ever since.

Sharon Creech

PoetryPeopleMeWritingReading

I've been a minister and I know how cautious you have to be.

Thomas Watson, Jr.

YouKnowBeenCautiousHowMinister

'The Hobbit' would have been very difficult to pass on, do you know what I mean? It's not the kind of ship that comes into dock very often.

Martin Freeman

ShipYouKnowKindMeanDifficult

This is how sad my life is: I got a scar from scratching my chicken pox too much. That's my big scar story. I really have no major scars.

Lewis Black

LifeSadStoryMy LifeToo MuchBig

I think words have consequences, and I think actions have consequences.

Kenneth Frazier

WordsThinkConsequencesActions

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