74 Quotes by Helen McCrory

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.

To be honest, my husband and my children are my best friends.

Working in films, there are hundreds of odd moments.

I've become more confident as I have got older. I care less what others think.

I use my awards as doorsteps. Others are in the office or in little cubbyholes in our library – they go between the books, because they actually look like arty pieces

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.

Music really influenced me when I was growing up. I did go through a Jimi Hendrix phase. My hair was naturally quite afro, and I wore low-slung jeans with very high heels. Siouxsie and the Banshees had a lot to answer for. I was in a top hat with peacock feathers and thigh-high black boots. I was 17 -- old enough to know better.

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

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