306 Quotes by Helen Mirren

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.

I think every woman in our culture is a feminist. They may refuse to articulate it, but if you were to take any woman back 40 years and say, ‘Is this a world you want to live in?’ They would say, ‘No.’

I think still it is very fine not to want children. There are far too many people in the world. It is my contribution to ecology.

Where does this guy’s ambition go? That’s very peculiar. I think he’s a very disturbing person, I think he’s a very disturbing politician. Personally, I feel his interest is a self-interest.

The great marriages are partnerships. It can’t be a great marriage without being a partnership.

All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you’re a brilliant actress. Actually, all you’ve done is look like crap.

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.

I’d describe myself as a Christian who doesn’t believe in God.

Parkinson’s is a slow but inevitable process. It’s hard living with it on a daily basis. The difficulty facing people with it is that they never quite know ‘Can I or can’t I do this today?’