Helen Mirren Quotes & Sayings (Page 11)

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

“There's nothing sexy about doing a nude scene. It's rather uncomfortable. I like dressing up rather than dressing down.”

“I believe in meditation - it's a good tool to centre yourself, but unfortunately, I'm too lazy to do it. It's very hard work, and I prefer to watch 'Nothing To Declare' on TV!”

“It's a mystery, that thing about chemistry, because often people who hate each other in real life and hate each other on the set have great chemistry on the screen. And people who love each other in real life and love each other on the set have absolutely no chemistry whatsoever.”

“When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud... these were very, very intimidating and powerful people.”

“When you do a voice in an animated film, you don't see the finished product at all. You're not animating. You're not doing the voice on the finished product. You're doing the voice long before.”