306 Quotes by Helen Mirren

I’m terrified of learning lines, and I’ve always been terrified that I won’t learn them.

Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That’s the fun of them. You’re always learning.

There’s no good way to waste your time. Wasting time is just wasting time.

I hate people eating on film. I hate it even worse on the radio, when people eat on the radio. I just can’t stand it.

I always tell my husband, That’s it, I quit, I’ve done all I wanted, and he’s just like, Yeah, yeah. Sure.

I love photography and I love the art of photography. So when I’m working with high-level art photographers, I give them artistic freedom because I want that for myself when it’s my turn to do my work and I never try and control it or say I’ll only do this or I want it like that.

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.

I’m not strong-willed, actually. I’m a complete pushover. I love to be told what to do.

I’ve been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for ‘The Queen.’